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pins & needles

by ejinsb, Feb 11, 2008 01:40AM
I am 45, female. About 3 weeks ago I started havinbg intense 'deep" pain in my right shoulder - my rotator cuff, I believe. It was very painful at times.It would ease up, I'd do light yoga, it would hurt again.
Now I am experiencing pins and needles - not nu bness but more the prickling of pins and needles - in my right hand. Usually it comes when i have my right arm outstretched - about to take something off a shelf, reaching forward to a keyboard...

What's going on?
Member Comments (3)

by bhups1, Feb 11, 2008 02:37AM
hi,most probably you are having nerve pinch or entrapment leading to neuropathy.Please get yourself examined (MRI SPINE etc) and consult Neurologist.
bye and take care!

by krr, Jun 05, 2008 12:26PM
To: bhups
what is the difference between nerve pinch or entrapment and shoulder impingement?

by DrKalraMD, Jun 06, 2008 12:35AM
Hi, bony outgrowths at times compress nerves leading to pins and needle sensations. Degenerative conditions of bones like   osteoarthritis or spondylosis causes these bony outgrowths or spurs to form which pinch upon nearby nerves.

Sometimes blockage of blood supply to extremities of body also leads to similar kind of symptoms.In your case it seem to either cervical spondylosis or thoracic oulet syndrome. For more information visit http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/TOPIC369.HTM
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cervical-spondylosis/DS00697/DSECTION=1

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