The other morning I woke up and I couldn't move my BPI hand or wrist. I couldn't tell what was wrong, it was actually kind of scary. But then after trying for a little while I felt a tingle half way up my arm like my arm was asleep, and gradually it came back.
That was very odd. I guess it never fell asleep before.
Just when you've thought you knew everything about yourself.
-Traci
BPI arm fell asleep
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patpxc
- Posts: 315
- Joined: Sat Nov 03, 2001 1:06 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: C-5 and C-6. Unable to supinate. Contracture elbow. Wrist bone underdeveloped.
Can raise forearm to mouth level. shoulder is limited in movement. Unable to put arm behind back. Secondary- early arthritis, carpal tunnel, pronator syndrome,scoliosis - Location: Ohio
Re: BPI arm fell asleep
The last time that happened to me I found out I had spinal cord compression. If it happens again, please get it checked out. Pat Q
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rachelcasa
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Re: BPI arm fell asleep
My arm tends to fall asleep quite often. However, its only when I'm sleeping on it at night or for instance last night I was leaning against it on the chair and it did it for qutie sometime. What kind of testing do they have to give you for spinal cord depression?
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patpxc
- Posts: 315
- Joined: Sat Nov 03, 2001 1:06 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: C-5 and C-6. Unable to supinate. Contracture elbow. Wrist bone underdeveloped.
Can raise forearm to mouth level. shoulder is limited in movement. Unable to put arm behind back. Secondary- early arthritis, carpal tunnel, pronator syndrome,scoliosis - Location: Ohio
Re: BPI arm fell asleep
One of the things they did was to push on the top of my head. My arm and leg fell asleep immediately. Then they did an MRI. That showed the compression in my cervical spine ( neck) I had surgery at Christmas time. I went back to work 3 weeks ago. Pat