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Right hand burning pain and numbness.

Spine Health | Last Active: Sep 7 8:15pm | Replies (11)

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@docgus Hello and welcome! Yes, I am a mentor on Connect and I’ve been around here awhile. You may not need to go through nerve testing to diagnose thoracic outlet syndrome. There is also a vascular form of it. A doctor can listen to your pulse in your neck and when you turn your head, the pulse diminishes is you have a positive response. Physical Therapy helps and the best ones for this can also do myofascial release to loosen tight fascia. A neurologist can diagnose this or a vascular surgeon. There are also Doppler ultrasound tests while you raise your arms in different positions. Posture is very important and stretches to the front of the chest on a foam roller help. In case you have another type of restriction of vascular, your doctor should try to eliminate possibilities like blood clots that can cause swelling. A Doppler scan is used for that too.

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Follow up: I was able to see my PT yesterday afternoon and she did some tests and confirmed TOS! She feels like she can get my symptoms resolved before my neuro appointment in February. I will update my GP and see how much she knows about TOS.
So glad I found this discussion yesterday! Thank you @jenniferhunter and @mebee for posting!