United Brachial Plexus Network

Claudia, Thank you for your advice. Elliott sees a PT every week for one hour and has home ROM sessions at least 6 times a day with us. He doesn't seem all that uncomfortable when he is getting therapy from us or when he is rolling around and playing with his injured hand/arm. He has had stim treatm...

Our son, Elliott, is 8 months old, sustained an ROBPI at birth, and had primary surgery on September 17, 2010. Surgery went well; the doctors were able to graft his c5 (which was avulsed) to his c6 (which was ruptured and repaired) and cleaned up scar tissue on the remaining nerves of his brachial p...

Thank you all for your kinds words and advice. How are things going with all of you and your wonderful patients? Elliott has been seeing specialists since he was three weeks old, has had two EMG's and is now scheduled for surgery on September 17. The surgery will be done at Regions in St. Paul by Dr...

Andy, Thank you for they help and information. We started PT last friday and will consult with an OT this week. We are also going to Gillette in St. Paul in April. Was your experience at Mayo positive? We have heard "wait and see" since he was born and I cannot accept "wait and see&qu...

Greetings! I am a proud parent of my son who sustained an BPI at birth on the 16th of March. My wife and I are very new to this and we were wondering if anyone can share stories/research they have found about this injury and how they/their loved ones were treated in the state of Minnesota. For examp...