numbness and tingling down arm

[babysteppeon]

When I am lifting a bar with weights over my shoulders I have pain in my left shoulder.  I also have numbness and tingling going down my arm.  My right shoulder and arm are fine.

[Janelle57]

I am looking for a forum for this. I have just been told I could have it and maybe for years.
Please help.

[babysteppeon]

Wanted to let you know I talk to an orthopedic doctor and after doing some test on my left arm he thought that I had Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.  He wants me to get a T-spine xray to see if I have an extra rib.  It is pushing the nerves and vessels when I have my arm extended over my head causing the pain, numbness, and tingling.

[babysteppeon]

I guess I could talk to a doctor about it but I usually get you're to young since I am only 25.

[bhups1]

Hi, probably it is cervical spondylosis. “Cervical spondylosis results from chronic degeneration of the cervical spine including the cushions between the neck vertebrae (cervical disks) and joints between the bones of the cervical spine. There may be abnormal growths or "spurs" on the vertebrae (the bones of the spine).
These accumulated changes caused by degeneration can gradually compress one or more of the nerve roots. This can lead to increasing pain in the neck and arm, weakness, and changes in sensation. In advanced cases, the spinal cord becomes involved. This can affect not just the arms, but the legs as well”. Taken from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000436.htm