Assymetric shoulders

[toum]

I had a surgery to fix my broken left clavicle last year. After the surgery, I developed brachial plexus palsy. The palsy resolved whitin six months, but I still have a lot of muscle loss in my left arm and deltoids. I also have noticed that my left shoulder is slightly lower than my right one. Since I did not have this problem before the surgery, I was wondering what causes this, and whether it can improve.  

[PPP1968]

I developed brachial plexus injury to my right side from a whiplash mva about 1.5 years after my right shoulder reconstruction . since that whiplast i have not been able to use my right arm at all and i have been told a partial shoulder replacement will help my neck and shoulder when i regain full range of motion with my shoulder. it is quite sad,, becaue i had the shoulder reconstruction previous to the car wreck because i had a multidirection instablility 4+ of the shoulder capsule with a anterior labral tear and a posterior inferior capsular tear which was putting pressure on my brachial plexus,, but when the capsule got shrunk and tightened back down by laser surgery i was cured. after the wreck i was not able to abduct my arm and have been in chronic neck pain and no work or activity for 10 years. I was  29 when i had the shoulder reconstruction after 7 years of severe shoulder problems,,  when i was 32 i was hit by a drunk driver who hit and run,, and no doctors have cared about looking into seeing if my nerve roots are ripped of my spine , so i've been a very young woman told to just go home and do nothing at the age of 32. I did go back to my shoulder surgeon OUT OF TOWN ,, and he is the only one that is willing to work on my shoulder again,, as I am pretty sure the last therapist who stretched it a big pop in the back of the shoulder happen and believe me it wasn't scar tissue like i wish ,, it is a big fat tear in the same place it was at last time ,, in the back of the shoulder,, on top of all this my lower neck pain is so bad i have a hard time believing a shoulder replacement can cure my neck .. especially if the nerve roots a ripped from the spine,, i can use my fingers enought to type ,, but thats about it ,, people always say i have a dead arm ,, yet i have neurosurgeons doing nothing at all .. they even refused a ct myelogram which is the only test to seee WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON WITH YOUR NECK ..  and no my mri's show no disc issues ,, hahaha ! amazing isn't it .. ? the shoulder mri after 10 years of no attention because of the neck shows everything has rotted in there ,, in addition a cyst in the humeral head .. any suggestions ?  Oh, i'm 41 now ,, should i wait till 80 for that shoulder replacement and ct myelogram or what LOL ! oh ,, why should i even have a mammogram? screen my breast , but who cares about brachial plexus its obvious the ball has dropped how do i know the balll won't be dropped on my breast ,,, ? real sweet !

[Dr Vinod]

Hello!

This is due to muscle loss during the period you have rested. You would need physiotherapy and proper protein diet to build up the lost muscle.

I would suggest you to check if your healing is complete and to rule out further complications with your brachial plexus as this is important as all the nerve supply takes place from brachial plexus for both of your upper arms, forearms and hands through median nerve, radian nerve and ulnar nerve. The brachial plexus injury is another reason for wasting of your muscles and drooping.

Take care!