eirwin71
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About 10 days ago I woke up having slept very poorly in a poor position typical pinched nerve pain got worse over a course of a few days but then all of a sudden got better but I started experiencing tricep weakness in my right arm.
No numbness no skin numbness nothing just tricep not working as well as the other one. Went to a neurologist in the PA immediately start talking about surgery before even looking at an MRI. They did x-rays he can see some narrowing of my displacThey did x-rays he can see some narrowing of my disk space. I left. I went and got a second opinion from a Ortho person and they said majority the time this will clear up on its own with some PT in time. I am now into my second PT session in my second week of this issue most of my pain is goinI went and got a second opinion from a Ortho person and they said majority the time this will clear up on its own with some PT in time. I am now into my second PT session in my second week of this issue most of my pain is gone. It’s just gone from hurting really bad the first two days to a very dull ache sometimes but not all the time in my right arm. The main thing is the weakness. My physical therapist measure my triceps strength versus my left arm and it’s at 25%. Just wondering if anybody else has had this pattern and how long it took for them to get some or most of the shrink bacJust wondering if anybody else has had this pattern and how long it took for them to get some or most of the strength back. I’m not even two weeks in and them are getting impatient just wondering how long it will take to start feeling stronger? I don’t care if it takes a year as long as I make progress.
No numbness no skin numbness nothing just tricep not working as well as the other one. Went to a neurologist in the PA immediately start talking about surgery before even looking at an MRI. They did x-rays he can see some narrowing of my displacThey did x-rays he can see some narrowing of my disk space. I left. I went and got a second opinion from a Ortho person and they said majority the time this will clear up on its own with some PT in time. I am now into my second PT session in my second week of this issue most of my pain is goinI went and got a second opinion from a Ortho person and they said majority the time this will clear up on its own with some PT in time. I am now into my second PT session in my second week of this issue most of my pain is gone. It’s just gone from hurting really bad the first two days to a very dull ache sometimes but not all the time in my right arm. The main thing is the weakness. My physical therapist measure my triceps strength versus my left arm and it’s at 25%. Just wondering if anybody else has had this pattern and how long it took for them to get some or most of the shrink bacJust wondering if anybody else has had this pattern and how long it took for them to get some or most of the strength back. I’m not even two weeks in and them are getting impatient just wondering how long it will take to start feeling stronger? I don’t care if it takes a year as long as I make progress.