brachial neuritis
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brachial neuritis
hi I had an brachial plexus accident 6 years ago and have just had a shoulder fusion 7 weeks ago . Last week i had sever pain and then lost a lot of my hand function that i had . Does anyone have ideas on how to fix it and how to help the faster regrowth of nerves to make it work . does a tens machine help . I am seeing a specialist later this week. any ideas regards jamie
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My original issue involved loss of function of my thumb and first two fingers of my right hand. I did not have an accident that caused it though, so my response may not be related to your condition. It took a couple of years for me to regain use of my index finger, and the thumb took a couple of years beyond that. During the first couple of years, I used a muscle stimulation device I borrowed from my Physical therapist. I think that helped get back the function I have now. My index finger is close to normal in movement and strength. My thumb is maybe 85% of normal movement, and 2 % of normal strength. The return of strength of my thumb seems to be stalled. When I was working on that, I had a second occurrence of neuritis that impacted my right shoulder. SO, while the grip strength limits my use of my hand, I could not really lift much with it now anyway.
I attribute the return of my hand to use of the muscle stimulator, and to constantly working the hand to try to keep the tendons limber. They talk about nerve re-growth, but it helps to try to use the impacted fingers and hand as much as you can to direct the growth.
Good Luck
Richard
My original issue involved loss of function of my thumb and first two fingers of my right hand. I did not have an accident that caused it though, so my response may not be related to your condition. It took a couple of years for me to regain use of my index finger, and the thumb took a couple of years beyond that. During the first couple of years, I used a muscle stimulation device I borrowed from my Physical therapist. I think that helped get back the function I have now. My index finger is close to normal in movement and strength. My thumb is maybe 85% of normal movement, and 2 % of normal strength. The return of strength of my thumb seems to be stalled. When I was working on that, I had a second occurrence of neuritis that impacted my right shoulder. SO, while the grip strength limits my use of my hand, I could not really lift much with it now anyway.
I attribute the return of my hand to use of the muscle stimulator, and to constantly working the hand to try to keep the tendons limber. They talk about nerve re-growth, but it helps to try to use the impacted fingers and hand as much as you can to direct the growth.
Good Luck
Richard
Good Luck!!!
Richard
Richard