Today, I’m talking all about Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. What it is, the CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, and EXERCISES to help fix it! So let's dive right into it! If you get value out of this let me know! Hope it's helpful 🥰
Yeah I just have this going on. Bodybuilder who stopped cold turkey. My neck, can bearly swallow and my hands forarms numb when waking up. But so is my hip. Feel like my thigh is attached to my lower abdominal.
The neck isostuff contraction just saved my day , the nerves in my neck moved and i feel so relieved... omg thank you so much. even the physio here did not tell me about this.
Hello can you help me in thoracic nerve compression due to bad posture and subsequent chest wall nerve compression and breathing issue and other bad posture prolonged sitting induced penile numbness. Thank you
Im suffering. I was told and diagnosed with TOS over twenty years ago. I have all three symptoms. I have major numbness no grip my rhomboids triceps forearms wrists are weak i sweat terribly. I have nerve pinch at c-6,7 and nerves are compressed my head feels like it’s going to slide off neck pooping in upper c spine constantly pulling on my head to relive myself I can barely write on dry erase board. Traps are spasmed. I’ve done the first exercise for twenty years. I’ve had rolls for twenty years. It’s ruled my life. I had two shoulder injuries and two operations and it only pinched more nerves. Vascular function is constantly pinched off veins pop out and sometimes arms go cold. Swallowing hurt my jugular felt swollen I can’t even hold arm up
Oh my gosh, I'm sorry. Does your neck need surgery? I was told 12 years ago to have disc replacement but was too scared, now fibromyalgia and sleep is poor, breathing not great, suffering.
I’ve got TOS but it’s a variety of sources. My arm used to go numb (pins & needles) from too many pull ups. Years later after an injury to my elbow, i get ulnar nerve issues. And even after that I found out I have a fused C6-C7 at my chiro, AND I work at a desk 5 days a week. I really have no options besides stretches, massage, TENS and ibuprofen.
Wouldnt pulling your neck in that stretch just pull your ribs further into compression? Also, its just as important to release the muscle spasms in these areas (scalines, pec minor etc)
What about sleep positions? I have to sleep on my side given I have minor obstructive/central sleep apnea but I've had neck issues as far as tightness on each side of my neck which produces pain, stiffness and headaches particularly in my eyes and back of head for a while now. I'm a little conflicted on sleeping positions given my apnea however sleeping on my side is allowing me to wake up every morning with a stiff neck.
I had thoracic tunnel syndrome from sitting in a chair profiled for a shorter person and having a headrest push on my spine under the neck and pushing out my rib cage in the process. Took about 4-5 years of spending countless hours in that chair. Good exercises.
Hi Jessica, thank you so much for this! I’m 6 months post op from my thoracic outlet surgery on both arms, and I’ve been desperate to get some guidance on how to stretch and strengthen safely. I live in the UK and no-one seems to know what to do with me! I’m already getting so much pain relief from this video so just wanted to send you a giant virtual hug. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Please, please do more videos on this 😁
@@nickgerr1991 absolutely, Very irritated nerve in elbows all the way to pinky and ring finger. Burning on wrists too. Was assessed by a TOS expert and my pulse dropped when my arms were raised above my head. Couldn’t keep my hands raised for more than 10 seconds. Saw a vascular surgeon who operated and it’s been 2 years. Still have some issues with nerve pain but at least I can keep my arms in the air now.
@@RachaelHosking hmmm, a hand surgeon diagnosed me with cubital tunnel, ita been over a year and a half but symptoms persist. Inflamed at the cubital tunnel but also feel burning at the shoulder. Going today to them again. I just want the pain to go away.
@@nickgerr1991 oh nerve pain is the worst! Biofreeze and tens on my shoulder helps me when it’s really bad. Have you tried the roos test for Tos? There’s examples on RU-vid x
Great information! These stretches/exercises are taught in yoga as well. I enjoy a foam roller with “knobs” to get a deeper more intense break up of fascia but it’s not for everyone ;)
I have a TOS diagnosis... and recieve botox injections bellow the clavicle and into the scalene. That allowed my arm stop wasting and build up some strength. Vibration causing tools like lawn mower, whipper snipper, snow blower etc are highly aggravating. It's on my dominant side... and drop everything from cups, utensils, pens, keys, anything you would normally pick up without a great deal of effort. Overhead lifting is also highly aggravating.
I also have a TOS diagnosis …have never heard of Botox for this. I will be speaking to my doc about this treatment. Thanks, I said huh…. Is that why I drop things all the time? And I agree overhead reaching is very aggravating.
I have pain in the pectoral clavicle and armpit accompanied by crackling in the sternum for two years, it hurts when I raise my hands and when I lower my shoulders, the doctors did a cervical MRI and I have canal stenosis, and 4 disc protrusion c4 c7 dehydrated, I also have ulnar entrapment and chronic denervation of the muscles. I'm 30 years old and I don't know what to do anymore, they haven't done tests on my chest yet. Greetings and thanks
I've never been able to get a chiro to treat my sternum. My back is always stiff between my shoulders, and if I drive or sit too long, the left side of my neck and trapezoid area become extrenmely painful and stiff. My sternum 'cracks' when I twist certain ways. I can only assume it's because of something in my back pulling on muscles and/or forcing ribs out of place.
This was great, thank you for taking the time to make this! Do you have any videos on tech neck? I played tons of video games when i was younger and my cervical spine definitely needs to be re-aligned to a healthy state
This was incredible. I've been struggling forever with pain along anterior and posterior neck, clavicle, shoulder blade. Diagnosed with C5-C6 disc bulge but always thought something going on with thoracic and shoulder area. I loved the foam roll extensions I got immediate relief. It was super challenging too so Ik I need work there. This stretch was more helpful and intentional than what my PT gave me. She had me just foam roll and it was too difficult to maintain form or get nay benefit from. Is there anything else I can do to help? I get a crunchy feeling in left shoulder blades with over head and pulling down my arms. Also so much rob pain/tightness
I don't what this is and the explanation was over my head. But I started listening to what you were saying and it started to make sense to series of my issues. My whole neck, shoulders, hands are constantly in tension and a low level of pain. Since I have a number of more serious issues I've not made much effort to work on this - partly because I haven't seen anyone address these particular combination of issues. I just ran thru all of these exercises and I can see how they might help me. I will continue to work on them. I'm glad I stumbled on your channel! Thank you for the info. Yes, I subscribed.
I’ve lost my eyesight in left eye because of suffering with this for 8 years . Ugh I told every doctor about my symptoms but they just injected cortisone or prednisone orally .
Great, thank you . Just what I needed. The education, . stretching, strengthening and flossing all in one video. Much appreciated. When I do the scalene stretch on the opposite side, it recreates the symptoms . So I might just stick to the affected side.
I was told that I won't need any props when doing the exercises to fix my TOS. But I see some videos with using foam rollers and stuff. What is your opinion? I'm so scared. Thanks❤
I'm sorry that I have only now found this video and have realized that this is what has been wrong with my left arm for 5 years now. I don't understand why my doctor never tried to tell me what this was or that it was a possibility and to have it checked. They literally have been telling me just don't lift heavy things this whole time. You can imagine how much worse that has made my arm
Not sure you will see this. Can it also cause on and off cold or chills at base of neck and upper back between shoulder blades. I gave the finger tinglys as well and some time a numbness in the centereish of my forarm . The back chill just recently started last week. Thanks in advance.
Isn't this really dangerous? Posterial Dislocation is severe. I had a serious impingement where my nerves and vein got trapped and I passed out instantly and now I'm too scared to move it!!
Stretching is great and all, but if you aren't doing myofascial release then you are missing out on the real relief. I would only stretch after you have worked the surrounded neck and shoulder muscles w a tennis ball or your thumb.
Hi, Jessica - I just came across this and really appreciate it! I've spent some time in studies and practice (a big fan of Myers, Gokhale, Dalton and some others) but am retired, now, and I try to make use of videos as both learning tools and reminders. It seems as though your channel isn't an ongoing thing, but I'm grateful that your videos are still around. I'll gladly recommend them to friends and I hope your life is going well; thanks for what you've shared.
I have a pain in my right tricep when I do a dead hang .. the pain gets severe if I hang more, I feel like my tricep will tear itself, physio can’t identify
My sensations are almost exclusively in my hands and wrists. Originally diagnosed as carpal tunnel, doctor said my hand symptoms were not part of CT. He was right, I have thoracic outlet syndrome that presents similarly to carpal tunnel. He just never mentioned TOS. I like all these stretches!
🤦♀ What is it with doctors "not mentioning" differential diagnoses. I had De Quervain's in my right wrist and my doc didn't put a name to that either. Just said it was tendon inflammation. Thankfully I Googled for De Quervain's exercises and got better from those.
Glad I could share something new! Yea it’s not as common as other shoulder injuries but it can be very debilitating for people and so these exercises really help to fix it!
@Jessica Dudas I sleep on my back and my forearms near the wrist and fingers get numb and wake me up in the morning. Can you get Thoracic Syndrome sleeping horizontal on the back or is it something else?
@@firstspar yes, I dont have that issue! "Look up stacking your ribs over your hips or Rib Cage and Pelvis Position." Let's say you have a top-down strategy (aka moving the rib cage forward). The way to address this is to simply learn how to move the rib cage back in space. Please follow up with me and let me know how it works.
@@yartriesthis 🙏 thanks so much. I have spent a lot of time and energy looking for fixes and nothing has helped so far. I will look into this and action the suggestions.
Hi Jessica, thank you very much for your video. I'm a rockclimber and i've had different symptoms: - Forearm stiffness and vein stenosis on the axillary vein. I'm afraid of getting an effort induced thrombosis (Paget-Schroetter Syndrome) due to the TOS (i guess both are correlated) The vein stenosis was identified some days ago, and since i've been on osteopathy threatment for a month, now i can see that the local threatment could have been a bit useless (?) Anyway... I am gonna see the doctor next week and see if i can still prevent this issue and keep climbing... Gonna do your exercises, i think they can be very useful on my case Greetings from spain
Super off-topic, but has anyone ever suggested to you that you might be related to Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)? (Not trying to insult or anything, just instantly came to mind when I saw you smile) Very informative and well thought out videos though!
Ppl w/certain type of neck issues shouldn’t be doing some of those stretches according to alot of PT’s. Especially if you have cervical stenosis. Too many varying opinions
Peace be upon you. Believe in ALLAH (GOD) and the judgement day and do good deeds. Madam cover your body more than you do that will be better for you in this life and the hereafter.
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Interesting moment. I had that aching pain in my shoulder that also reflected to neck while my running and I decided to find any information of what potentially can that be. I did it in my native language (Ukrainian) and couldn't find anything by keywords. And after a couple of months RU-vid accidently offered me this video I was't looking for with exact answers)) Thank you, now I know!
Super like your content I don’t like music behind the Contant especially that loud it’s distracting I find it aggravating actually OK thank you for your Contento but the music no music soft music no music or softer music no music
These look intense but I'll def give them a try! Update: I did these last night and instead of waking every few hours in 5/10 pain, I slept the whole night until 7:30am. The only sensation I had was numbness which was tolerable compared to pain. Of course, having great seggz before bed always helps one to sleep(; I'll be doing these every night! Thank you for sharing
I haven’t had any specific diagnosis but I get like a severe cramping sensation in my jaw pulling it feels like from my teeth going down my left hand side of my neck, it only last for a minute or so but is excruciatingly painful and makes my feel sick, I usually end up with a migraine after, generally I have put it down to stress/tension overworked exhaustion run down lack of sleep. Would these exercises help me with this? I also have kind of a fatty lump just above my collarbone, I went to the doctor about it and he said it was just a benign fatter lump nothing to worry about, it’s still there and protrudes noticeably, I am 57 by the way.
Your symptoms are mine exactly. I have the neck and jaw pain and the fatty lump. I also feel like my circulation gets cut off to my chest/neck (not arms) if I'm not very particular about how I sit. Sleeping positions are a nightly war. I noticed symptoms starting a few months ago and drs have since still not found out anything and told me the fatty/fluid-like lump was not vascular so I just have to live with all of this while my symptoms keep getting worse. I can't even tell if physical therapy is working anymore.
Veteran here who stumbled across this video and wanted to thank you. I listened to your symptoms portion, and every single one of the things you listed are things that I suffer from. I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and have widespread body pain. So, I feel like the VA hospital just says every pain I have is Fibro and does not provide me with any solution that isn't in a pill form. I have been following these stretches and exercises and have found relief. The Nerve Flossing Stretch was the most intense for me and something that I know I will struggle to feel comfortable doing for a while. However, it all helped. I am hoping that if I keep this up, I may one day be able to sleep through the night without being woken up from extreme numbness/tingling in my hands. Thank you again, and I'm excited to check out some of your other videos to see what else I may be able to "fix."
I get elbow pain, middle and index finger numbness and wrist burning whenever I try to sleep on my side, which is pretty much the only way I sleep. I think this may be the cause. I don't really get shoulder or neck pain so when I saw the orthopedic PA they only xrayed my elbow. My shoulders are rolled in a lot so it makes sense.
Only last exercise seems to be difficult, because any exercise where I have to hold myself on my hands makes my arm swelling and the blood is pooling into my hand. A for this reason I had to stop some of my favorite exercises.
Thank you so much for your video I’ve had pain and shoulder issues after extended lockdowns and going back to work after being off for several months I was in so much pain I ended up having to close my business sell my house and move away. I have experienced none or a little numbness in two fingers since leaving thank you for putting the name to my condition
Thank you so much for this video! I did these exercises before bed last night. That was the first time in weeks I was able to sleep without pain! Sensational!
Omg! Thnx 4 the knowledge blast! Which one of these stretchers n strengtheners is not fixin to be my new favorites! Thank u soo much! These r gonna replace some moves that aren't serving me very well!
I tried to do these, but got super lightheaded, flu-feeling like and stuffy feeling on my right side. It’s the same with every exercise I try, not sure why. 😔
I there! Some doctors say I shouldn’t do exercise like badminton or volley or pushups or even swimming or run. Ithink Pilates might be a good choice? Is this true? I can’t do it anymore?
