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Anyone have cervical stenosis and scapular instability?
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I have tried myofascial release with a chiropractor in the past.
The instability I experience from the time I wake up often ends in tightness and spasms by late afternoon early evening and myofascial release probably would provide moderate relief as did dry needling performed by DPT.
In my layman's opinion I believe my C4/5 stenosis impinged one of the many nerve roots that eventually innervate the scapula from foraminal stenosis. It's my understanding EMGs can't detect nerve impingement at that level. Otherwise, I don't have classic symptoms of cervical stenosis, e.g. radiculopathy. I literally feel like a rubberband man with complete instability of my scapular even sitting in a chair.
My TOS is vTOS (venous) which occludes the subclavian vein when my arms are raised. I do not have neurogenic TOS.
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@nhbfan EMG's detect when a muscle does not receive nerve impulses or receives an abnormal pattern of nerve impulses. If stenosis is at the nerve roots, a dermatome map shows where those nerves go in the body. Here is an explanation.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22278-cervical-spine
If stenosis is in the central spinal canal, it is hard to tell which nerves are affected below that level, but that can be general things. I do know that cervical spine issues cause muscle spasms in the neck in muscles which also connects to the scapula, so I think you can feel pain there. I did with my C5/C6 central canal stenosis. I didn't have any nerve root stenosis.