<t>Boy! Am I glad someone else answered what it was b/c I had no idea... she only told me it can break up scar tissue and relax muscles and tendons. When I saw her my next visit I told her the extraordinary results. She was a bit shocked and didn't think it would work that well.<br/> She did the sam...

<t>Hi,<br/> Thanks to all who responded to my earlier message posted on here. What enormous help everyone was! After ebing in PT for a week and a half (and the PT didn't seem to understand she was dealing with nerve damage as she kept saying ..." your muscles are just tight".)SO.... I found a OT and...

<t>Yes I meant it won't extend. It is always bent up- sticking forward.<br/> I have been to 3 new Dr.s so far, and all of them have said one way or another... "well, you have been living with this for 29 yrs, you've already learned how to adapt..." sort of statements. I have been living, but not rea...

<t>Thanks!<br/> All this info actually helps me a lot. I had thought when I went to the DR. they would have all the answers for me, but instead it seems like they sort of have answers. <br/> Marieke- I did have the awful EMG and eletrode test thing about 2 weeks ago. The Ortho who sent me in or the ...

Hi, Can someone please tell me what a contracture is? How it is diagnosed?
Thank you!

<t>Hi!<br/> I tink surgery is a new thing. I'm not sure any "aged" person would have it. I know I'm 29 and the Dr's casted and splinted my arm so that I couldn't use it for the first (I don't know how many) months of my life. I am so glad they know better now!<br/> It sounds like you are doing every...

<t>Hi!<br/> I am a newly 29 yr old who, after several tests was diagnosed with Erb's palsy in my right arm. I have always had what my mother called “a retarded arm". I was never encouraged to use it- and I have only been told that it happened during my breech birth. I was never told anymore nor did ...