chronic pain shoulder and upper arm Posted: 09-24-08 15:33pm
I was in a car accident 4 years ago. 1
year later i had a discectomy on my 3rd
disc and a fusion on my 2nd and 3rd
vertebrae. This stopped the pain between
my shoulder blades however, it feels like
my shoulder never healed. I have an aching
pain constantly in my left shoulder and
upper arm (from pain level 1 to 10, this
is a constant 5). The skin is extremely
tender on all of the left arm and my palm
and little finger are numb and tingly.
Although I do not have any restrictive
movement in the arm and shoulder, it hurts
all of the time.
I told my ortho surgeon but he said he
does not know the cause (no interest
really), I got a second opinion from
another ortho surgeon but he did not know
either. 2 MRIs and 10 xrays do not show
anything. I had gone for treatment to a
chiropractor prior to the surgery and he
said it may be a stress fracture or
dislocation. If so, they should have
healed by now. Might it be nerve damage or
could this be connected to any of the
damage to the cervical area of my spine?
(3 discs were affected but only 2 required
surgery). The surgeon also removed a bone
spur if that is important. Please help I
am going crazy!
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Posted: 09-25-08 02:34am
It seems like you are describing a
possible nerve injury. I'd suggest that
you seek help from a neurologist to
exhaust all of your options.
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thank you Posted: 09-25-08 06:10am
thank you supporter!
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so many people Posted: 09-25-08 06:13am
it seems so many people have the same
problem and are unable to get any help or
advise from their physicians. i wonder why
this is. I did have a nerve conduction
test which did show a "small" problem with
the nerves in that arm. Still the dr did
not talk about it with me. I will see a
neurologist about this and post his
response.
thank you again for your response.
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Posted: 09-25-08 07:02am
You're very welcome. I suggest thinking
about doctors as people who provide
services for you...if you're not happy
with the mannerisms of one, seek another!
THere are kind and helpful specialists out
there who can take the time to be with
you...and who aren't focused on the bottom
line. Please update when you can.