United Brachial Plexus Network

<t>I do not know what caused my scar tissue to form. I was born with this injury and have had a lifetime of brachial plexus nerve damage. BPI specialists are not that common and you may have to travel depending on where you live. When I had my surgery I was living in Pittsburgh, PA. My doctor was ba...

<t>I am not quite sure if our situations are that related but the scar tissue surgery you are speaking of sounds familiar to one I had a few years ago. Our situations are different because I have a brachial plexus injury from birth. I have never had a torn anterior scalene. However, several years ag...

<t>I am injured on my right but have always had a very functional right arm that could help me do stuff. But still when I was about 23 my right affected arm started to hurt and around 26 my left unaffected soon followed. So... after attended grad school for occupational therapy I learned how importa...

<t>heat<br/> ice<br/> deep tissue massage.<br/> stretching<br/> physical therapy<br/> Chiropractor<br/> <br/> I have tried all these things and found relief. What I like best is deep tissue massage but I know that many people cannot afford that. I would use heat first and then try to stretch your mu...

<t>i don't know of any light vacuum cleaners but I have a vacuuming tip. Grip the vacuum with both hands(if you can, some people can't with their BPI hands) and keep the vacuum in the center of your body versus the right or the left. This way you can use your core stomach muscles to help push the va...

<t>It sounds to me like Dupuytren's could be the culprit. If you have not already I would see a Dr that is a hand specialist or an upper extremity specialist in your area and if and when you need to go to therapy I would see a therapist that specializes in hand therapy. They will know what to do. Go...

<t>Is he going to move to the nerve or place it in the muscle tissue? The procedure is called ulnar nerve transposition, they just take the nerve and move it to a different spot at the elbow or they bury the nerve a bit in the muscle. Not sure which your doc will do. From what I know of this procedu...

<t>I have tennis elbow(lateral epicondylities) in left good arm, self diagnosed because I know the symptoms. Your case may be different because you said your tendons are tearing? But anyway I just wanted to share that I went to a massage therapist and had her do aggressive massage(a little painful b...

<t>Do trap stretches. If your OT has not already shown them to you for your right side then google it. Make sure you hold each stretch for at least 30 seconds and repeat 5 times. Thats whats really lengthens a muscle. Use heat before you stretch. If you can't afford massage therapy I would suggest p...

<t>I agree with Carolyn, there are voice activated typing programs(Dragon naturally speaking is popular). There are also smaller keyboards that were invented specifically for one-handed people. You might already know about stuff too because you studying to be an OT. I, and I'm sure many others on th...