Chrissie21
10-09-09, 20:11
Hi Everyone,
I am new on here, and I have read so many posts on this that I thought it may be helpful.
For around a year I was suffering from intense shooting pain down my left arm and into my fingers.. really horrible strong pain. ( I am 27)Went to docs loads of times and was told, anxiety blah blah blah..One day it was so bad I went to A&E for an ECG. They gave me one, said that there was nothing wrong with my heart and that I was suffering from carpal tunnel?!
One day I woke up and all my fingers on both hands were numb. I was experiencing excrutiating pain down my left arm, and decided to visit a chiropractor that is opposite my house and beg for advice ( i had noticed a that he had a sign up that said ( amongst other things 'shoulder pain' arm pain)
At last I got my diagnosis as a trapped nerve in my neck! Whoopee! I have now also had 3 visits with a physio and it is getting better. The pain has reduced significantly, and the numbness is going down. The causes were, TENSION, and poor posture over a long period of time. If the doc had taken me seriously on my first visit I could have got my life back months sooner.
So please, i hope this is of some help out there to people that just get sent home every time they go to the docs with arm pain. It is not imaginary and perhaps a visit to a physio could be the answer. the amount of hours that I spent worry about HEART ATTACK constantly over this.. it even spoilt my honeymoon...I had to sit by the pool holding my arm ( which felt like it was being crushed by a truck) pretending to have a nice time.. I hold the doc personally responsible!
I am new on here, and I have read so many posts on this that I thought it may be helpful.
For around a year I was suffering from intense shooting pain down my left arm and into my fingers.. really horrible strong pain. ( I am 27)Went to docs loads of times and was told, anxiety blah blah blah..One day it was so bad I went to A&E for an ECG. They gave me one, said that there was nothing wrong with my heart and that I was suffering from carpal tunnel?!
One day I woke up and all my fingers on both hands were numb. I was experiencing excrutiating pain down my left arm, and decided to visit a chiropractor that is opposite my house and beg for advice ( i had noticed a that he had a sign up that said ( amongst other things 'shoulder pain' arm pain)
At last I got my diagnosis as a trapped nerve in my neck! Whoopee! I have now also had 3 visits with a physio and it is getting better. The pain has reduced significantly, and the numbness is going down. The causes were, TENSION, and poor posture over a long period of time. If the doc had taken me seriously on my first visit I could have got my life back months sooner.
So please, i hope this is of some help out there to people that just get sent home every time they go to the docs with arm pain. It is not imaginary and perhaps a visit to a physio could be the answer. the amount of hours that I spent worry about HEART ATTACK constantly over this.. it even spoilt my honeymoon...I had to sit by the pool holding my arm ( which felt like it was being crushed by a truck) pretending to have a nice time.. I hold the doc personally responsible!