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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 2016-11-22 21:09:37 Post No. 39485898
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For most of my life, I've had poor posture. With rounded and forward shoulders, I never really spent the time to correct it. Then I grew up.
When I consciously keep my shoulder girdle inline with my neck, my right arm shows signs of poor circulation, and I think its caused by pic related.
Anybody have an experience with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, or have any advice for correcting it?
Having an arm that isn't getting much blood during a deadlift or carrying groceries the way they're supposed to be carried is probably what is holding me back.
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>>39485898
Yes I have this, and I also have a physical therapy degree.
How do you 'know' you have it? Go and see someone about it...
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>>39485999
Sorry, you say you just think you have it...
Go and see your doctor and get PT referral if in the US. PT is basically about shoulder girdle position, but you just won't have the skills to fix it alone. There is surgery for it for extreme cases, but the surgery pokes around in dodgy areas of your anatomy and there are only really case studies supporting it, so take any future surgical recommendation with caution.
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I too am trying to adjust my posture after living with poor posture most of my life. When I adjust my shoulders I can feel the lack of circulation in my arms and hands too, sometimes tingling. I now thing I have TOS after reading this thread. Wtf...
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>>39485898
Mate. You don't have a cervical rib. Case solved. Moving on.
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>>39487832
Actually there are numerous causes of TOS outside of a cervical rib.
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here you go
http://www.foma.org/uploads/3/9/8/0/39809635/1700_brousard_thoracic_outlet_syndrome.pdf
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>>39488959
also try and go to an osteopathic sports med doc if you can
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