United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Hey. I was hit by a car in mid April 2005 as a pedestrian, and have a brachial plexus injury too. I have use of my hand, forearm, and tricep just cause they werent injured. It is almost 4 months and my shoulder is still not working along with my bicep. i have an emg scheduled for mid september which is what the doc wanted since it is about 6 months after my accident. Oh and I had an MRI which showed that I have a stretch and not a tear. Curious as to how long it will take to heal and Rob, I am approaching the same time of about 4 months to when you healed, I am wondering if you too felt a weird pain in your bicep like you would feel before when you would work out kinda while it was healing and what healed first the bi cep or the shoulder. thanks and good luck with healing.

Hey. I was hit by a car in mid April 2005 as a pedestrian, and have a brachial plexus injury too. I have use of my hand, forearm, and tricep just cause they werent injured. It is almost 4 months and my shoulder is still not working along with my bicep. i have an emg scheduled for mid september which is what the doc wanted since it is about 6 months after my accident. Oh and I had an MRI which showed that I have a stretch and not a tear. Curious as to how long it will take to heal. Also to Rob, did you feel a weird like pain in your bicep before it healed and also what healed first your bicep or shoulder. Thanks and good luck.

I felt weird pain on and off tingling an pins and needles for months after my accident the worst pain was in my neck it felt like some 1 stabbed it with a screw driver. And pressure in my shoulder it felt like there was a 200 pound wieght pushing it to the ground. I still get tingling in my side deltoid. My bicep I started to get a trace movment about a month after my accident I could hardly make the muscle move. 4 months after the accident I could start to bend my albow again. About a month after i got bicep movement back My shoulder started to get some movement back. But every injury is differnet and heals different at different rates. I don't understand why they aited so long to give you an emg...The proceders is about 4 weeks after the injury for your 1st emg.. You should seek out a bpi specialist. And Mri are not very accurate at diagnosing Avulshed nerves "Torn out of the spine" My 1st mri didn't show anything. 1st emg Suggestested C5 and c6 root avulsion. 10 weeks after my injury I had a cervical myleogram where there put die in your spine flip you up side down and take x rays and fallow that bye a cat scan. That showed I had a streach of the c5 and c6 nerve root as it leaves the sninal canal. Best thing to do is seek out a specialist. Are you in physical therapy.. You got make sure you keep your range of motion excersises up do them daily. After A while the tendons in the shoulder start to lock up from not moving "frozen shoulder" an its a little painful and it takes a while to free it up. Good Look any questions You can Email me At Ummyeahhhhahah@aol.com