United Brachial Plexus Network

Tom, I wish it was that easy to try to regain the use of the hand. The trouble is that the nerves that were regenerating from up in my rotator cuff area to the hand never got there in time before the arm and hand atrophied away. All this was caused by my brachial artery, ulnar and median nerves in a...

Does anyone know of any type of procedure to straighten the ring finger and little finger of a hand that is no longer working. What I am trying to do is be able to put a glove on the hand in able to perform normal winter tasks of shoveling snow and being outside in the cold. When I put on a glove, I...

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Got a shot into the tendon sheath that releases the tendon. The only other fix long term is to go in and cut the sheath so that the tendon goes through without hanging up in the sheath.

I have already been treated for trigger finger of my good hand and so far that has been my only problem with the good hand.

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<t>I am a TBPI from back on Feb 07 and have no tricep muscle, have bicep, arm from elbow to the fingertips is atrophied. Hand is locked with fingers starting to claw and thumb has no movement. Is there any way to try to build arm and hand muscles when the hand cannot be flexed? I seriously want to b...

<t>Welcome to UBPN Ms Stang. I too was undergoing what was supposed to be a simple rotator cuff/bicep tendon tear surgery. I kept being told in recovery to bend my fingers and move my hand which I was unable to do. Eventually they sent me home (same day) and told me that it was most likely a nerve b...

<t>Working through the particulars of getting a referral from my primary care manager. Looks like it will be sometime around 13 July 09 time frame. I sure hope this doctor can at least get my hand to flex and be able to grip things again. I can live with no upward extension of the hand. Will keep ev...

Has anyone ever had dealings with Dr Matthew Tomaino who was Chief of Ortho at University of Rochester Medical Center?

http://www.drtomaino.com/