Hi, im 26 years old and in relative good health. In Jan 2006 I slept funny after dozing off reading with my neck propped up behind a number of pillows. Woke up with an extremely stiff neck, and pain in my right tricep when moving my head around in any position. My neck was very stiff, excercise made it worse.
Saw a physio who perscribed exercise including doing press ups but in Oct 2006 I got a new symptom of electric tingling sensation into my left pinkie and ring fingers when doing the press ups, and numbness in mostly my left pinkie/ring finger when waking. Moving my hands makes the numbness go within 5-10 seconds. When it is particularly bad I noticed when scratching/rubbing the inside of the elbow (just above, the muscle part of the inner upper arm) I would get electric sensation down into my pinkie/ring fingers. Computer use irritates this inside elbow.
I stopped the press ups but have still been getting numbness to this day, so in Jan 2007 I went to see a neurologist who scheduled MRI and NCS/EMG. The NCS/EMG was normal (arms straight, and after arms bent for 5 minutes), no changes or muscle loss. The MRI revealed mild spondylitic damage, loss of curvature to the C spine and damaged dried out discs between C5-C6, C6-C7, with a small bulge on the left side of C5-C6 (i dont have any bicep symptoms). I also have hypermobility in C5, C6 area.
Full story is here http://monsterserve.net/story1.htm, I cant post all due to character limit. Im bit stuck as dr's cant diagnose me, appreciate any advice or comments and greatly appreciate your time.
Thanks,
Chris