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To: gop4lyf

thoracic outlet syndrome?...


10 posted on 11/03/2016 6:03:47 PM PDT by cherry
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To: cherry; xkaydet65

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - for those unfamiliar - is when nerve bundles going to the arm...or veins returning from the arm - both through the narrow space between the collar bone (clavical) and 1st rim get pinched....causing problems.

If the nerves are pinched - it can cause pain in the arm or shoulder area, depending on the extent of pinching. (And - this apparently is not uncommon among swimmers...)

Venous blockage is more rare...supposedly only 2 in 50,000 have that problem....and my son was one of the ‘lucky’ 2 of 50,000....he woke up one morning after a good workout in the gym the previous night...and his arm was quite swollen. There was a 12 inch clot in the return vein....and he had an interesting path of recovery. For him - they had to remove about 3/4ths of the 1st rib ...cut from the sternum and most of the way around/behind.


136 posted on 11/03/2016 7:18:12 PM PDT by Vineyard
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