Re: Upper Back Pain Radiating to Right Arm

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Advised by my physical therapist not to see a dr with more than 10. Yrs

experience. Need an orthopedic spine specialist.

Any number of your issues in the cervical area could cause those issues. I

have a traction machine for home use that can alleviate the tingling as

opposed to surgery.

My pinky and ring finger get the tingling with prolonged computer use, so I

switched to my cell phone.

My physical therapist gave me great neck exercises, including chin tucks.

For that particular issue.

I hope it will be okay.

Gentle hugs,

Ellen

>toekneeabc wrote:

Recently I began having shooting pain radiating from my upper back to my

right shoulder and down my arm then into my hand. My pinky will experience

pins and needles only.

I had an MRI done which showed problems all over my back, but the main area

that concerns me is C5 through C7.

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I am not completely sure, but I find the last 1 or 2 cervical nerves connect to

the shoulder and upper back. I have arthritis in my neck and upper back and now

my shoulders. I get pain into my shoulder down to my elbow.

the description of your pinky going numb and tingling could be from the nerve

pinching at the elbow joint. When I had my carpel tunnel the doctor ask me

about that and explain if I had that that I would need surgery on my elbow.

Luckily the test showed I did not have narrowing in the elbow joint.

I had to have the emg (? think it is called) test. They send electrical

impulses through a specific part of your body to see how your nerve conduction

is. I had a hand specialist order the test.

I had PT for my neck and shoulders. It helped reduce some of the pain. I also

go to a chiropractor on a regular basis to help keep my neck from getting to

stiff. He does a gentle manipulation.

I regularly do gentle yoga to help reduce the stiffness.

Hope this is of some help.

Gentle hugs, Tami

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> Recently I began having shooting pain radiating from my upper back to my right

shoulder and down my arm then into my hand. My pinky will experience pins and

needles only.

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, toekneeabc wrote:

> Recently I began having shooting pain radiating from my upper back to my right

shoulder and down my arm then into my hand. My pinky will experience pins and

needles only.

> Which disk area would effect the pain I'm describing if C6-7 does not?

>

> I'm seeing an IME this week. With what I described here, is there any way a 30

year experienced doctor could flat out say that I couldn't be experiencing the

pain described?

Hi,

Nerves are attached from the spinal column called dermatones (my explanation).

You can type in an internet search: Dermatome map of body or spine and it will

show you what areas of the spine correlate to your pain. Hope that helps.

Bennie

This website is interactive and when you click on it, it explains the

relationship : http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/spine

Thanks for any help.http://healthpages.org/anatomy-function/spinal-cord-anatomy/

The dermatome map shows the correlations between the nerve root location as it

exits the spinal column and the area of the body it supplies with sensation

conduction at this website:

http://www.dr-bertagnoli.com/dermatome-map.html

Bennie

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toekneeabc wrote:

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> Is there any way a 30 year experienced doctor could flat out

say that I couldn't be experiencing the pain described?

Yes, he could say it, but that doesn't make it true.

You know how you feel, he can't feel it. I would find

a new doctor, STAT.

Is there anything we may call you other than toekneeabc?

It doesn't have to be your real name, it's just nice

to have something more personal to use.

Kaylene

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>> toekneeabc wrote:

>> Is there any way a 30 year experienced doctor could flat out

> say that I couldn't be experiencing the pain described?

> Kaylene wrote:

> Yes, he could say it, but that doesn't make it true.

> You know how you feel, he can't feel it. I would find

> a new doctor, STAT.

> Is there anything we may call you other than toekneeabc?

> It doesn't have to be your real name, it's just nice

> to have something more personal to use.

All,

I had a pain management doctor tell me I could not be hurting as bad as I was

stating and after over fifteen spinal injections, he did a discogram and three

of my discs had fissures and were disintegrated and he was embarrassed to tell

me " There is nothing else I can do for you "

But he was arrogant and agreed I should have been hurting, Spine Universe

articles state that after a series of three spinal injections, they should be

deemed ineffective and a disco-gram should be done, instead I had years of

uncontrolled pain.

This is the same Doctor who chastised me for missing an appointment (two

actually) and I told him I had called and his own Nurse approved it and one

missed appointment was when my Mother died and the other was when I had military

training.

I did a memo for record , got a copy of my Mother's death certificate and my

military orders and asked they be placed in my medical records in case another

Doctor might misread the situation.

It is so ironic that the Doctors go over your responsibilities on a pain

contract but how many have gone over their responsibilities?

Anyone have a Doctor do that or give them a copy of the Pain Patients Bill of

Rights? I had one that did and got my pain controlled.

Bennie