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i have cervical spinal cord compression
Spine Health | Last Active: Jun 3, 2023 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
@jbr I am a spine surgery patient and also have Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Having your arms go numb in bed when laying down could be a sign of TOS because it causes impaired circulation with different arm and neck positions which you could be doing as you lie in bed. For example, a military type salute arm position can cut off circulation in a patient with TOS and it isn't because of laying on the arm. I had that happen to me. If you are a side sleeper, it can be the arm on top that you are not laying on that goes numb. I know you have a lot going on that could cause overlapping symptoms. If your spine cervical issues are the result of a whiplash, it is possible that an injury like that could also have caused TOS.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/thoracic-outlet-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20353988
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That's the reason I had to give up doing hair after 30 years. If I had too many perms or haircuts, my shoulders would get numb across the top because of the pinched nerve. It would hurt and be numb at the same time which is hard to explain that it can actually be like that. I can't sit at a computer like regular people. I have to lean back in chair or else my shoulders get numb.
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Well we will see what the neck surgery solves! My overwhelming pain is in my butt and down my left leg. I call it sciatica for the lack of a better word, however it has been constant (waxing and waning) since my lumbar laminectomy in 2015.