New BPL person
New BPL person
I'm new to this brachial plexux nurosis stuff. Just diagnosed with it last week and am in the the process of adjusting. My deal is I have pain down my right neck, arm, and into my hand. My arm is very weak and I can't use my hand for much. How do I go about finding a PT in my area that knows how to treat it. Also, the loss of my right hand is pretty serious because I type all day and I am a musician and play sax, flute, clarinet, and piano. The thought of never being to play them again is pretty sad. Any suggestions?
Re: New BPL person
I actually meant brachial plexus neuritis not BPL
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swhite1
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Bad fall in June of 2006
LTBPI - Location: right here in Texas
Re: New BPL person
Well billibob let me be the first to welcome you to the club nobody wants to join.
I don't quite understand what your condition is (brachial plexux nurosis stuff?) or if it is treatable.
I'm sure hope you'll find lots of support and information right here.
I just found this info. thanks to Marieke (32, LOBPI).
I hope you find some understanding.
"Your arm can feel numb in spots, prickly when things touch other spots, feel asleep.. all this is due to nerve damage/disturbance. It falls under the category of neuropathy and neuropathic "pain".
Neuropathy often results in numbness, abnormal sensations called dysesthesias and allodynias that occur either spontaneously or in reaction to external stimuli, and a characteristic form of pain, called neuropathic pain or neuralgia, that is qualitatively different from the ordinary nociceptive pain one might experience from stubbing a toe or hitting a finger with a hammer.
Neuropathic pain is usually perceived as a steady burning and/or "pins and needles" and/or "electric shock" sensations and/or tickling. The difference is due to the fact that "ordinary" pain stimulates only pain nerves, while a neuropathy often results in the firing of both pain and non-pain (touch, warm, cool) sensory nerves in the same area, producing signals that the spinal cord and brain do not normally expect to receive.
Depending on how much damage there is some sensation will return, along with movement, but it can take up to 2 years to see final results."
Scott
http://freerice.com/
Message was edited by: swhite1
I don't quite understand what your condition is (brachial plexux nurosis stuff?) or if it is treatable.
I'm sure hope you'll find lots of support and information right here.
I just found this info. thanks to Marieke (32, LOBPI).
I hope you find some understanding.
"Your arm can feel numb in spots, prickly when things touch other spots, feel asleep.. all this is due to nerve damage/disturbance. It falls under the category of neuropathy and neuropathic "pain".
Neuropathy often results in numbness, abnormal sensations called dysesthesias and allodynias that occur either spontaneously or in reaction to external stimuli, and a characteristic form of pain, called neuropathic pain or neuralgia, that is qualitatively different from the ordinary nociceptive pain one might experience from stubbing a toe or hitting a finger with a hammer.
Neuropathic pain is usually perceived as a steady burning and/or "pins and needles" and/or "electric shock" sensations and/or tickling. The difference is due to the fact that "ordinary" pain stimulates only pain nerves, while a neuropathy often results in the firing of both pain and non-pain (touch, warm, cool) sensory nerves in the same area, producing signals that the spinal cord and brain do not normally expect to receive.
Depending on how much damage there is some sensation will return, along with movement, but it can take up to 2 years to see final results."
Scott
http://freerice.com/
Message was edited by: swhite1