Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 1 Location: stockton on tees
Painful Neck Shoulder Upper Arm Elbow Forearm Hand Numbness Posted: 02-02-04 18:53pm
4 months ago I started having awful pain
in my left shoulder blade. It then got
progressively worse. I woke up one
morning in excrutiating pain in the whole
of my left arm which was very
debilitating. My physio said it was a
trapped nerve in the neck, I then noticed
a numbness and tingling in my left ring
and little fingers and in the outer
portion of my hand up to and including the
wrist and underneath on the heel of my
hand. I did exercises and had accupunture
but pain and numbness is still present
although less severe. I now have a lot of
neck pain and stiffness and can hear a
click in my neck (at the base of the
skull) when I flex my head back and forth
whilst excercising. If this is a trapped
nerve would I still be suffering after 4
months. Can anyone suggest what else it
may be. I'm waiting to hear from the
hospital for an xray appointment.
