Treating Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
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Pain in the neck, shoulder, arm, hands, even headaches may be due to this highly treatable disorder, also known as TOS.
TOS is a general medical term that refers to nerve entrapments and pinched nerves occurring in the neck and shoulder region, but outside of the spine.
The most common features of this disorder are pain and numbness in the ring and little finger and the experience of increased pain and numbness — even weakness — when working with your arms lifted or overhead.
It's common to diagnoses such pain, numbness and weakness as being related to a spinal condition. And often, that is indeed the case; a problem in the spine is the cause of the condition.
But when the spine is not the cause, the diagnosis leads to thoracic outlet syndrome. TOS is related to a problem with the nerves of the brachial plexus that travel through the thoracic outlet along with the arteries and veins. Entrapments ensue, and TOS becomes the culprit.
IBSC works with The Neurography Institute, the exclusive provider of magnetic resonance neurographies, to help accurately diagnose thoracic outlet syndrome. With an MR neurography, your IBSC surgeon can pinpoint the source of the problem and craft the appropriate strategy for alleviating the pain at its origin.
Many individuals suffering from thoracic outlet syndrome get inappropriate spinal surgeries, only to experience long recovery periods and a lack of improvement in their condition.
Neck, shoulder, arm and hand pain should always be viewed from a variety of perspectives that include the possibility of thoracic outlet syndrome. Trust Image Based Surgery Center to provide the right diagnosis tools in order to determine the exact cause of your pain - and provide the skilled surgery to correct the condition.
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