United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

My 13 year old daughter was being treated for shoulder instability. Her ortho sent her for physical therapy and after her first visit with her new PT we believe she sustained a TBPI...she left the appt. with a limp, numb arm, and no feeling in her thumb and pointer finger. I was told by the PT to wait a week and if anything changed to call her Ortho. After a week the the numbness was getting better, but she was in a lot of pain and she was having spasms in her arm, neck and back and her hand shakes. If she holds a pen, fork or a glass she feels like she is going to drop something.

At the one week mark we saw the oncall ortho he put her in sling and said see our regular ortho in a week. Nothing for pain or spasms....he said it was a brachial plex injury. We are really frustrated. We finally see our Ortho tomorrow, but I really feel that the PT was negligent. Any advice?

contact a BPI specialist IMMEDIATELY!!! when i was injured by a botched surgery, i was told the same thing about the wait one week idea....it has been 19 months since the injury. i had surgery 7 months ago to repair the damage and that was almost too late. DO NOT LISTEN TO THE WAIT GAME. there is a listing of specialists on this site under the resources tab. good luck to you and welcome to the ubpn family.

see an attorney if you suspect negligence .