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Physiology & Medicine / Neck/Shoulder/Arm Injury - Whiplash? Nerve Damage? Help!!!
« on: 22/01/2009 16:47:53 »
I had an accident in 2005 where I tripped over something and fell into some chairs and tables. I had an initial bump on the head - nothing else really.
In the following weeks my neck started to stiffen and finally was so painful I could barely move it. I started to feel pins and needles in my hand and over the next few months lost the feeling in my arm from the top muscle down.
I was told that I had a whiplash type injury and it would get better in a few months. I had physio for months which didn't really help. I had an MRI which showed that I have lost the curvature in my spine, its now straight.
It is almost 4 years on and I still have muscle spasms in my neck and shoulder. I am in so much pain its unbelievable and to top it off the feeling in my arm still hasn't come back and the pain is unbarable. I regularly have pins and needles and have muscle wastage. My neck/shoulder/arm reacts massively to hot and cold - to be honest it doesn't really like either, the pain just changes, sometimes it feels as though my arm is on fire. It also twitches.
I was given steroid injections across the top of my shoulders which didn't work. I have now been told its 'probably nerve related as my nerves in my neck didn't tell my muscles what to do properly'. I have been given a tens machine and told there is nothing more they can do.
I am at the end of my tether. I have seen so many doctors and none of them can really tell me what is wrong and it seems that they've given up trying.
Please help!
In the following weeks my neck started to stiffen and finally was so painful I could barely move it. I started to feel pins and needles in my hand and over the next few months lost the feeling in my arm from the top muscle down.
I was told that I had a whiplash type injury and it would get better in a few months. I had physio for months which didn't really help. I had an MRI which showed that I have lost the curvature in my spine, its now straight.
It is almost 4 years on and I still have muscle spasms in my neck and shoulder. I am in so much pain its unbelievable and to top it off the feeling in my arm still hasn't come back and the pain is unbarable. I regularly have pins and needles and have muscle wastage. My neck/shoulder/arm reacts massively to hot and cold - to be honest it doesn't really like either, the pain just changes, sometimes it feels as though my arm is on fire. It also twitches.
I was given steroid injections across the top of my shoulders which didn't work. I have now been told its 'probably nerve related as my nerves in my neck didn't tell my muscles what to do properly'. I have been given a tens machine and told there is nothing more they can do.
I am at the end of my tether. I have seen so many doctors and none of them can really tell me what is wrong and it seems that they've given up trying.
Please help!