Have you or someone you know ever had 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯?! In this video I share with you what goes through my head clinically when I have a patient presenting with these symptoms.
𝗪𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭?
•Numbness is a form of nerve damage that if not corrected, can progress and become irreversible. In some cases, numbness can actually lead to neurological weakness, and potentially muscle wasting where the muscle no longer functions. The longer you leave it alone, the less likely the nerve will recover.
1. 𝐌𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 - 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
2. 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 - 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘐𝘝𝘍 (𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯) 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 / 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.
3. 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 - 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 “𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴”. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 (𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺)
STEPS OF DIAGNOSING:
1. Start with the neck and 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄!
•Anterior / Middle scalene
•Disc / IVF encroachment
2. TOS (thoracic outlet syndrome) can be both vascular, neurological, or even a combination of both!
3. Compression of the ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel (pinky and half of ring finger)
•𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘶𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺
4. Compression at the Carpal Tunnel in the wrist! (radial nerve sparing w/ potential muscle wasting over time)
•𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳… 𝘗𝘙𝘖𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘖𝘙 𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘌𝘚 𝘚𝘠𝘕𝘋𝘙𝘖𝘔𝘌
5. Don’t follow the rules… typically start distally!
•𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴
•𝘕𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺
HOW TO PROCEED… Begin by getting a proper diagnosis. Once this has been made, conservative care / correction is typically your next step!
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This page is for educational purposes only and is not meant to overide or serve as medical advice without a thorough exam with a physician.
