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Thoracic outlet was one of the proposed diagnoses but back in the 90s they had no idea how to treat it except very low success rate surgery. I went to physical
by rickydroll 3y ago
Thoracic outlet was one of the proposed diagnoses but back in the 90s they had no idea how to treat it except very low success rate surgery. I went to physical therapy route and it didn't do anything for me. The PT person found a couple places on my spine and my right shoulder blade were frozen. I put up with a lot of pain when they tried to get it to loosen up.
- gymbeaux 3y agoI'm sorry that PT was not fruitful. Frozen Shoulder is rough. From what I hear, the surgery route is a lot more successful, but it seems like the main roadblock is convincing a surgeon to perform the surgery. They want you to exhaust all other options (e.g. PT) and run a myriad of tests and scans to be as sure as possible that TOS is what you have. I have also heard often that finding a good PT (PT meaning physical therapist OR personal trainer, I technically have a personal trainer) makes all the difference. All the best.