Aa
Shoulder Pain, Tingly Arm, Pinched Nerve?
Hello, for over a month now I've been having tingling and numbness in the L hand and some in the L arm. Its not exactly the pins-and-needles feeling i get from sleeping on the hand sometimes, but it is similar. About last week I began having a burning pain in my shoulder and shooting pains in my L forearm. I saw a doctor (physicians assistant, actually) who said that it was probably a pinched nerve.
He also said that my left hand was much weaker than my right. This bothered me because I'm left handed and thought that at work I used my left for most of the lifting. I could be wrong, in retrospect. There is actually a visual difference in my left and right biceps.
I was given tylenol 3 for the pain (1 every 4 hours). I had been taking aspiren w/ codeine (200mg/8mg) before i was given this prescription (they were purchased OTC when I was in canada). I think they might have cut down in the effectiveness of it because now when I take it, I only get pain relief for 30 minutes at the most (and really only if i chew it). The pain keeps getting worse and I'm beggining to think it isn't a pinched nerve. Surely if it were, it would have been better within a month especially with NSAID + narcotic treatment I had been using.
Is it possible its some peripheral neuropathy?
He also said that my left hand was much weaker than my right. This bothered me because I'm left handed and thought that at work I used my left for most of the lifting. I could be wrong, in retrospect. There is actually a visual difference in my left and right biceps.
I was given tylenol 3 for the pain (1 every 4 hours). I had been taking aspiren w/ codeine (200mg/8mg) before i was given this prescription (they were purchased OTC when I was in canada). I think they might have cut down in the effectiveness of it because now when I take it, I only get pain relief for 30 minutes at the most (and really only if i chew it). The pain keeps getting worse and I'm beggining to think it isn't a pinched nerve. Surely if it were, it would have been better within a month especially with NSAID + narcotic treatment I had been using.
Is it possible its some peripheral neuropathy?
A related discussion, What would you expect from a Neurologist was started.
A related discussion, cervical pain with pain and numbness right arm and hand was started.
A related discussion, Arm and hand pain was started.
A related discussion, tingling in left arm was started.
My wife started having pain in between the spine and upper left shoulderblade about a week ago. She has been observing it and she noticed that the pain is worst when she is sitting down and less lying down. The pain radiates to her left uppet arm to almost the wrist? It is not relieve by motrin 800 mg and minimal relief with hot/cold packs. I would very very much appreciate any advice from MDs or anyone who has experinced these symptoms. She is 45 yrs old. Help please.
James A.
James A.
The pain I feel is stiffness, acheyness in my lower back, also sharp and dull pains in the upper back. My neck is so stiff, that it becomes extremely painfull moving it up or down, side to side. I get the popping and throbbing feeling when I lift my arms up to take a shirt off. I feel like its dislocating back and forth. My hands are knumb and it hurts to open and close a fist. Please help me, tell me what to do for pain.
I have pain in my back, shoukder,neck, elbows, hands, and sometimes knees. I have had an mri of cervical and lumbar regions. I have buldging discs and compressed nerves. Also said flattening of the thecal sac. I believe I have what is called synovial cysts on the spine. Please tell me what to do for pain.
A related discussion, chest pain and numbness in the right arm was started.
A related discussion, balging disk in neck was started.
A related discussion, Pinched Nerve was started.
A related discussion, neck shulder and under arm pain and burning was started.
A related discussion, pinching of nerves and muscels entire arm and wrist was started.
A related discussion, Pains down arm was started.
A related discussion, Help for pain in shoulder was started.
A related discussion, eliminate pain from pinched nerve was started.
A related discussion, pain in neck and pain in head was started.
OK I need help! For about a week now, on and off, I experience numbness in my left arm, shoulder, neck and left side of my face. My PCM told me to go straight to the ER where a Physician said I had Bell's Palsy. Im totally confused at this diagnosis because how would that effect my arm, neck, shoulder?
Anyways, the more I read and research the more I strongly feel that I have a pinched nerve. Can that effect my face as well?
I have no drooping, etc... and my CT scan came back normal.
Should I demand an MRI? Any help is greatly appreciated. They have me on Predisone and ibuprofen. The numbness is still coming and going and now my muscles in my left arm are sore.
Any help appreciated!!
Anyways, the more I read and research the more I strongly feel that I have a pinched nerve. Can that effect my face as well?
I have no drooping, etc... and my CT scan came back normal.
Should I demand an MRI? Any help is greatly appreciated. They have me on Predisone and ibuprofen. The numbness is still coming and going and now my muscles in my left arm are sore.
Any help appreciated!!
I am on crutches and think I may have pinched a nerve under my arm. I have tingling below my elbow and in my hand. I have lost strength in my fingers. What is the treatment for this?
I am a 37 year old female whom has been going through extreme pain for almost six months now. Pain starts at the back of my head, goes down my neck across my shoulders and down my right arm, giving me very limited use of my right arm, and very bad headaches. My GP thinks it is fibromylgia but I don't think it is. Having an MRI on Oct30/05 of my neck and shoulder hopefully that will tell us what is going on. I think it might be a pinched nerve. Also was in car accident 5yrs ago about 10wks pregnant at the time of the accident. Does anyone have any suggestions? confused?
Which doctor should I see first---my neuro or primary care physician or ????
For almost seven weeks, I've experienced 'numbness' in my left hand/fingers including pain/tightness in the left arm/shoulder. This has been 24X7; sometimes the numbness or burning pain is more intense than other times, but always there. I already have a neurologist due to M.S. diagnosis in 1990.... however, I had a problem about two years ago that appeared to be M.S. related, but according to the MRIs, it was not. (See what I posted two years ago below.)
After all the diagnostics (including brain & cervical spine MRI, lumbar MRI, pelvic MRI, plus nerve/muscle test), there was no diagnosis; I'm happy to say that everything eventually resolved, but it took several months. My right knee reflex returned also. :-)
My neuro's assistant suggests either that I can schedule with them or go see my primary care...... I know the neurologist is an MS Clinic (UT Southwestern) and maybe they would rather not mess with me given my last episode when it was NOT the M.S..... (I fooled everybody -OR- the MRI didn't show something -OR- something didn't show on the MRI.)
I have been putting this off in hopes the problem would disappear or begin to subside, but it has not. Some people suggest massage, and others suggest chiropractor....(which I've never been to one and not too sure about that type of treatment).
What do you advise?
Thank you!
Joni
------------------------
HERE'S WHAT I POSTED 9/22/03 (ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO)
Here's a brief summary of what has brought me here, besides my impatience in hearing back from my neuro on last week's c- and t-spine MRI (!):
- Foot drop started 8/29, but disappeared by 9/5.
- Knee pain/ache/numbness/burning started soon after 9/5 and has not gone away. (I have self-administered a previous prescription of neurontin, so maybe that's helping.)
I could not understand why an l-spine was not
ordered--so was the MRI tech--but as my neuro asst said--because of my M.S. (multiple sclerosis), they have to look at what's 'most likely.'
I do have the MRI summaries, but they don't make a lot of sense to me, though it looks like the t-spine is normal. However, it looks like there are issues with the c-spine. Specifically, the findings say:
Disk desiccation and mild disk space narrowing at C5-C6.
... blah-blah-blah ... (this is probably the part that tells the story, but it doesn't look like it to me.)
There are also, however, degenerative changes. Evaluation of the individual levels demonstrates at C4-C5, minimal central disk ridge complex without central canal or neural foraminal stenosis.
At C5-C6, there is a diffuse disk osteophyte complex eccentric toward the left, associated with mild flattening of the ventral thecal sac and mild to moderate central canal stenosis. Left greater than right uncovertebral hypertrophy is also present associated with mild to moderate left and mild right-sided neural foraminal stenosis.
---------------------------------
So can someone have the kind of symptoms I've experienced with the short-lived foot drop and now the knee 'pain' with cervical spine issues?? Or do they need to look at the lumbar, too? I just hate to blame everything on the M.S.! I was involved with a challenging strength training class when all this started......
For almost seven weeks, I've experienced 'numbness' in my left hand/fingers including pain/tightness in the left arm/shoulder. This has been 24X7; sometimes the numbness or burning pain is more intense than other times, but always there. I already have a neurologist due to M.S. diagnosis in 1990.... however, I had a problem about two years ago that appeared to be M.S. related, but according to the MRIs, it was not. (See what I posted two years ago below.)
After all the diagnostics (including brain & cervical spine MRI, lumbar MRI, pelvic MRI, plus nerve/muscle test), there was no diagnosis; I'm happy to say that everything eventually resolved, but it took several months. My right knee reflex returned also. :-)
My neuro's assistant suggests either that I can schedule with them or go see my primary care...... I know the neurologist is an MS Clinic (UT Southwestern) and maybe they would rather not mess with me given my last episode when it was NOT the M.S..... (I fooled everybody -OR- the MRI didn't show something -OR- something didn't show on the MRI.)
I have been putting this off in hopes the problem would disappear or begin to subside, but it has not. Some people suggest massage, and others suggest chiropractor....(which I've never been to one and not too sure about that type of treatment).
What do you advise?
Thank you!
Joni
------------------------
HERE'S WHAT I POSTED 9/22/03 (ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO)
Here's a brief summary of what has brought me here, besides my impatience in hearing back from my neuro on last week's c- and t-spine MRI (!):
- Foot drop started 8/29, but disappeared by 9/5.
- Knee pain/ache/numbness/burning started soon after 9/5 and has not gone away. (I have self-administered a previous prescription of neurontin, so maybe that's helping.)
I could not understand why an l-spine was not
ordered--so was the MRI tech--but as my neuro asst said--because of my M.S. (multiple sclerosis), they have to look at what's 'most likely.'
I do have the MRI summaries, but they don't make a lot of sense to me, though it looks like the t-spine is normal. However, it looks like there are issues with the c-spine. Specifically, the findings say:
Disk desiccation and mild disk space narrowing at C5-C6.
... blah-blah-blah ... (this is probably the part that tells the story, but it doesn't look like it to me.)
There are also, however, degenerative changes. Evaluation of the individual levels demonstrates at C4-C5, minimal central disk ridge complex without central canal or neural foraminal stenosis.
At C5-C6, there is a diffuse disk osteophyte complex eccentric toward the left, associated with mild flattening of the ventral thecal sac and mild to moderate central canal stenosis. Left greater than right uncovertebral hypertrophy is also present associated with mild to moderate left and mild right-sided neural foraminal stenosis.
---------------------------------
So can someone have the kind of symptoms I've experienced with the short-lived foot drop and now the knee 'pain' with cervical spine issues?? Or do they need to look at the lumbar, too? I just hate to blame everything on the M.S.! I was involved with a challenging strength training class when all this started......
I am seeking knowledge. I started experiencing the symptoms of a pinched nerve at C6 in mid-July of this year. It is not readily improving, and I would like to learn what treatment solutions have worked for others. My symptoms are: parasthesia, tingling from the left upper shoulder, down the tricep, across the forearm and down to the end of the left thumb. The parasthesia intensifies into a dull ache, and then into a sharp ache, if I persist in testing it. The movement that produces the problem is extension of the neck (tilting head back past upright). Since onset 90 days ago, the problem is getting worse, not better. This is ruining my life, thanks. Largest Olgars.
For about 3 weeks now I have had a dull ache in the back area of my shoulder and my right arm tingles everytime I sit or crouch down. Does anybody have any idea what might be causing this? I don't know whether to go to a masseuse, chiropractor or what? Any suggestions.
Im 47 and I think Ive pinched a nerve at the top of my arm/shoulder,its really painfull and I have a little trouble lifting it at a cetain angle,but I think its from lying on it whilst I sleep,Im trying different cushions.Im just about sure its from lying on it?anybody care to comment please?
You are reading content posted in the Neurology Forum
Find out how beta-blocker eye drops show promising results for acute migraine relief.
In this special Missouri Medicine report, doctors examine advances in diagnosis and treatment of this devastating and costly neurodegenerative disease.
Here are 12 simple – and fun! – ways to boost your brainpower.
Discover some of the causes of dizziness and how to treat it.
Discover the common causes of headaches and how to treat headache pain.
Two of the largest studies on Alzheimer’s have yielded new clues about the disease
