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Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Nov 8, 2023 | Replies (5)
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The nerve isn’t compressed. They did say it’s healed as much as it is going to. I have mild scapula winging and definite weakness of my muscles. Get a lot of muscle pain and muscle spasms. I’ve tried PT, all sorts of medications, tens unit and massage therapy. Nothing helps and when the flare ups are bad it’s excruciating and I’m absolutely miserable. I get really bad headaches with it as well.
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I was recently diagnosed with this and have awful headaches as well. Whats frustrating is that I have been told the headaches are unrelated to this LTN injury but everywhere I read online says headaches are part of it.
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@aholzheu Has anyone checked you for thoracic outlet syndrome? I have TOS and in physical therapy, we stretch the tight front of my chest and neck and try to strengthen the back to keep the scapulas in place or they do wing out and the shoulder comes forward. It does cause muscular headaches on the back or side of the head. TOS is often missed and it is misunderstood by many doctors. You can find a specialist for this at a teaching medical center that lists TOS as something they treat, usually with physical therapy.
Here are some links to information.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/thoracic-outlet-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20353988
https://mskneurology.com/how-truly-treat-thoracic-outlet-syndrome/