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Disabling symptoms since distal bicep repair surgery. Any suggestions?

Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Oct 17, 2023 | Replies (72)
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@stevetaylor721

Thanks Jennifer. I do have some cervical spinal issues due to a past sports injury that certainly contribute to the poor balance and dizziness. I’ve had that for many years but it has definitely gotten much worse since the surgery. It also feels a bit different since the surgery. A different kind of dizziness if that makes sense?

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Jennifer, Volunteer Mentor | @jenniferhunter | Sep 8, 2021

@stevetaylor721 For me, vertigo had a component of movement, like the world was starting to spin around me. It is the way things look and feel if you had spun yourself around like a kid who was playing a game. The reason it was happening is because having a twisted or tilted vertebrae will stretch the vertebral artery that runs through the sides of the vertebrae. That affects blood flow to the brain. When you have a neck spasm or a spasm in the shoulder blade area, all that pulls on the spinous process of the cervical vertebrae and can move them. I would have to walk with my hand against the wall when this was happening, and other times, I just had to lie down with a heated wrap around my neck to help the muscles relax. Does this seem like the symptoms you are having?

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