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@snowmass

Hello,
My journey that started with TOS has gotten now much more complicated with cranio cervical instability, cervical dystonia, occipital neuralgia…etc.
Since you mention brain fog, I just wanted to share that about a year after TOS, i started having it also along with lightheadedness and heaviness at the occipital area. One doctor I saw for my symptoms who was familiar with CCI said that TOS is caused by cervical issues which tightens the scalene and etc sometimes. Having said that since only mild disc bulge at c5/6 with bone spurs was detected via MRI at the time, it’s hard to pinpoint. Many unhelpful things happened, chiro, acupressure, numerous pts and in the end, I currently have found that there are more things going on. CCI with translational bai 5-6 mm, mild cervical and thoracic scoliosis as well as sacroilitis with uneven pelvis. Without going into too much details of my complicated journey in 2024, just wanted to add checking for any cervical issues may be beneficial?
I also found out that being hyper mobile predisposes you to TOS…
Best wishes to you

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@snowmass I am similar to you in that I had cervical spine issues along with TOS and pelvis misalignment. There are ways to realign the pelvis. All of that affects everything else. My PT was addressing all of that and full body alignment with myofascial release. Have you tried anything like that?