United Brachial Plexus Network

<t>I'm a new mom of a BPI baby, and Kath suggested I read some of these posts on pain after we were discussing B12 on the general board... i saw hot tub mentioned here.<br/> <br/> You guys may have already figured this out... for those considering a hot tub, ask your doctor (or PA or NP) for a presc...

<t>Kate P is right, 9 days old is too soon for neuroma. Sorry... I didn't notice the age. In an older baby, a lump could be a neuroma.<br/> <br/> "Guest"... nice nasty post. I'm not a doctor but I am a health care provider and carefully research anything I say here (including other threads if you we...

<t>A little off the topic of chiropractor treatment...<br/> <br/> B12 has some merit for nerve pain (but I'm not sure how safe high doses would be in children). I'm a PA and sometimes use it in my mainstream internal medicine pracice for neuropathic pain; it increases arterial supply to nerves and a...

<t>Forgot something...<br/> <br/> The knot on or just above the clavicle could be either a neuroma (bundle of nerve scar tissue felt in the soft spot right over the bone, and sometimes tender) or a lump from a healing fracture of the bone itself. Babies with clavicle fractures (which are a lot more ...

<t>I don't know where in Texas you are, but I live in San Antonio. My son goes to the Brachial Plexus Specialty Clinic at Methodist Children's Hospital and we love the docs there. There are 2 who see the kids together monthly: one physical med & rehab pediatric specialist, and a plastic & re...

<t>Yay Chloe! Mason just started doing the same thing during that half asleep stage when he would stretch, and at first he just lifted it about 45 degrees, then 90... and one day I saw him lift it clear up alongside his ear and leave it there. It was about another 10 days before he ever flexed his s...

<r>Chrystal,<br/> <br/> My son will be 12 weeks old tomorrow and is almost exactly where your son is, except he can't really get his hand to mouth while sitting upright... only while on his back. He bent his elbow about 45 degrees while sitting a few times, but that's it. He also does a pretty good ...

<t>OK...<br/> <br/> Yes, there are risk factors for shoulder dystocia, but you can't PREDICT shoulder dystocia (and BPIs only occur in a small portion of S.D. cases)... that's like saying you can predict that a person will certainly have a heart attack because they are overweight and have high chole...

<t>Certainly. We go to OT twice a week, although I feel like she is there more for regular assessments and ideas than the actual ROM and stretching, because that has to happen on a daily basis. My OT has shown us all sorts of things I wouldn't have thought to do to try to make Mason more aware of hi...

<t>Not all BPI's are the OB/midwife's fault, and I don't think it's right to sue simply because it happened (true negligence is different - they need to know how to handle complications). I work in medicine and my son has a BPI... my OB was a friend of mine and extremely well-respected, in practice ...