discomfort in left shoulder blade Posted: 10-14-04 03:13am
Hi.
A couple of summers ago, my wife, holly,
went horseback riding. She was wearing
her helmet thankfully but she was riding
bareback (without a saddle). All of a
sudden the horse startled at something and
jumped side-ways about five feet. My wife
was taken by surprise and spun right off
the horse's back onto the ground.
I took her to the emergency room at our
local hospital where they kept her for
quite a few hours doing full body x-rays,
and they found not one broken bone. This
was good.
The bad part is that ever since, she has
had discomfort in her elbows and in an
area that she describes as being just
beneath her left shoulder blade. The main
discomfort is that when she lies down, her
arms go to sleep and when she wakes up in
the morning (and throughout the day at
times) she has no strength in her hands.
Also her pinky toe is always numb in any
position at any time of the day.
She went to a neurologist, and he
diagnosed her with fibromyalgia. Still he
didn't offer any suggestions about her
arms going to sleep nor about her back.
She was happy to hear that she wasn't
crazy. She's always been sensitive in the
areas he described, ever since a youth.
But she feels that he wasn't able to
pinpoint why her back hurt so much after
the fall and not before.
Now at the time it happened my short-term
remedy was to rub her back around her left
shoulder, and the odd thing was that the
pain, timgling, and numbness in her arms
would go away. Sometimes for a couple of
days. Anymore, this doesn't work.
She says her elbows fill as if they are
softballs in size. I am able to put
pressure with my fingers on somer of her
muscles as she instructs me to do so, but
that only works for a few hours.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you!
Sincerely,
jeff law
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sneakycol
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Arbroath, Scotland
This Might Help You Posted: 10-14-04 05:17am
You should take a look at www.Mattfurey.Com.
He puts out a course designed to fix
carpel tunnel syndrome. This may help
your wife with her elbow pain. I believe
his information products to be the best on
the market! His "combat conditioning"
program is also superb, the exercises
taught in this course such as hindu
pushups and bridging would also help your
wife with elbow pain and back pain. I
highly recommend his stuff!!!!!
Please go to the site!!
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Jeff Law
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 2
Re: This Might Help You Posted: 10-14-04 08:54am
Hi,
thanks for the info sneakcol!
The neurologist tested her for carpel
tunnel and ruled it out. I'll keep the
site bookmarked though.
jeff
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sneakycol
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Arbroath, Scotland
Glad to Help Posted: 10-14-04 17:41pm
Glad you took the advice. Im sure the
exercises taught in the course are
applicable to more than strictly carpal
tunnel but im no expert. Hope your loved
one gets sorted out soon.
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 10-15-04 08:56am
Please get a second opinion and an mri.
There could be serious disc damage that an
x-ray will never be able to pick up. That
diagnosis of fibromyalga seems to have
come rather quickly. Did they do any
blood work to see if she has the signs of
this debilitating disease? Fibromyalga is
a very easily diagnosable problem now that
they can find the gene in the blood, it
sounds as though she has had a spinal
injury and a dag on xray wont show
anything but broken bones. I hope this
helps and I pray that she gets freed from
the pain!
