Me too, except in my thoracic. I get tingling/crawling sensations off to the side if I don't stretch and do mobility work for the thoracic spine.

3/7/2014 6:24:07 PM

Is yours a chronic issue? I initially barely irritated mine over a month ago doing static bar hangs. It's been bothering me a little off and on since then, mostly when I sleep on it funny. But Tuesday morning I stretched when I woke up and apparently kinked something the wrong way. And now I can't hold up my left arm because I have about 50% of my normal muscle control, which is a really weird sensation. My upper arm feels a tiny bit numb/asleep (less so today than yesterday) but not bad.

It's the same spot in my neck that I had a pinched nerve 4 years ago, but I didn't have the arm thing then. I went to urgent care for it Wednesday and they gave me a muscle relaxer, but it didn't do squat, so I went to my normal doctor today. They did x-rays, gave me a stronger relaxer and signed me up for PT. Everyone is talking like it's a chronic issue because I had a pinched nerve in the same spot once in the past.

3/7/2014 6:31:24 PM

Yeah chronic I guess, off and on for a year. I never went to the doctor about it though, they're probably going to tell me what they've told you. I am not so sure that PT can help anymore than what you can do from youtube videos or readings online. I think going to PT would just make sure you're doing the movements properly. Save your money and time.

As far as any advice I can give you, and what's help me, is to avoid overhead work that encourages or forces extension. So for me, I gave up kettle swings over head ( Russian swings don't bother me, so you can test that out), kipping pullups, shoulder press ( anything that requires bar overhead).

Interestingly, when I perform dumbbell work overhead, it doesn't bother me so much as long as the weight is moderate. So I really think it has something to do with the barbell forcing extension because I have other weak areas I need to work on. It could be that you have muscle imbalance and certain groups of muscles are compensating for that. So I would do a lot of accessory work to prevent imbalances.

I just learned about this training company called crossover symmetry. It may be useful for you. https://www.crossoversymmetry.com/what_is_crossover.php

It may not even be your cervical spine that's an issue. It's a overall balance below that line. Muscles in that area are all connected to it's hard to say what's causing it.

3/7/2014 6:56:44 PM

I've always had a distinct tearing sensation in my shoulder if I do thrusters with a bar, but I can do them with a plate or dumbbells with neutral grip with no pain or problems. I don't think that's related to what happened to my neck, but I also don't really understand it. And I've never done my kettlebell swings to overhead or kipping pullups.

I really think it's just a pinched nerve rather than a spinal issue from having a tight spot back when I did the bar hang that's been irritated ever since, but they did the x-rays to rule out anything skeletal. I'm guessing the nerve caused muscle tension, which may have made my spine a little wonky until it relaxes. I have a referral for the PT, so it should be covered.

3/7/2014 7:08:06 PM

I have a hard time connecting the dots with a pinched nerve in the neck from a bar hang. The reason why I say that it could just be a secondary symptom originating somewhere below c-spine, is ...when I had a partial rotator cuff tear, it was weird that my left bicep was also painful and sore. People with back injuries often have secondary symptoms below the lumbar because of that long sciatic nerve traveling down the glute and leg, where they experience pain in that area. There are nerves running everywhere in our body that give rise to secondary symptoms.

In thoracic outlet syndrome, according to wiki...when you have what they call a positional injury, it's the abnormal compression of nerve bundles in the clavicle and shoulder girdle during arm movement.

I'm not saying you have TOS, but a pinched nerve could be cause by your T-spine resulting in your sensations in the arm.

I don't know what my point is with this post anymore. Carry on.

[Edited on March 7, 2014 at 7:40 PM. Reason : I like medicine, I think about medicine quite a bit but you can still tell me I'm full of shit ]

[Edited on March 7, 2014 at 7:50 PM. Reason : .]

3/7/2014 7:37:49 PM

Not saying you're full of shit at all. Just saying it felt exactly the same as a pinched nerve in my neck that I had 4 years ago, aside from the arm thing. Time will tell.

3/7/2014 7:51:41 PM

Just tried YouTube for the first time in a while, good lord it is even WORSE than before. Shit is completely unusable

3/7/2014 10:18:42 PM

Someone please kill that fucking geico lizard already

3/7/2014 10:24:20 PM

I need to stop eating out so much. Too expensive

3/7/2014 10:51:16 PM

So far on the TV this morning she's watched Fox News and Extreme Couponing . . . I'll never say bad things about what the Japanese find entertaining again.

3/8/2014 10:13:16 AM

the WeddingBee "Waiting" forum has provided many lols and some the past hour


I'm so bored

3/8/2014 9:43:26 PM

^ aww, it's kind of sad, but mostly pathetic. I should randomly start reading it while Peter is around and see if he notices.

3/8/2014 9:56:15 PM

when is groupon for ninja challenge coming

3/8/2014 9:57:55 PM

I was really into browsing wedding sites for awhile but they're mostly annoying. And showcase ridiculous stuff and/or stuff I'll never afford. Occasionally I'll check in for an etiquette question. Oh well. New financial situation has changed things anyway so it doesn't really matter anymore.

3/8/2014 10:01:28 PM

I stumbled on it looking at shoes. but everything is very train-wreaky and I can't look away

3/8/2014 10:03:19 PM

what is it? people who haven't gotten engaged yet?

3/8/2014 10:05:50 PM

yeah, threads upon threads of women posting about how they are snooping and pressuring and waiting for their boyfriend of X years to propose.

[Edited on March 8, 2014 at 10:10 PM. Reason : and not a single troll calling them out lol]

3/8/2014 10:10:19 PM

I browsed a couple of those. Nice to know there are much bigger weirdos than me out there lol

[Edited on March 8, 2014 at 10:20 PM. Reason : ]

3/8/2014 10:20:16 PM

Pretty sure each year me and Peter date I add on a new proposal rule.

3/8/2014 10:29:36 PM

Whoops, silly phone

[Edited on March 8, 2014 at 10:31 PM. Reason : . ]

3/8/2014 10:30:27 PM

fun date tonight

3/8/2014 10:41:59 PM

AHA, I browsed the Waiting forum. It's horrible. There are women who have been waiting for like a decade, and then someone comes in like, "It happened! He finally proposed on our one-year anniversary!" LOL, and they're all so supportive.

^Nice!!

3/8/2014 10:50:27 PM

Thanks

3/8/2014 11:54:01 PM

3/9/2014 4:04:29 AM

is the word the same for an adult?

3/9/2014 9:31:08 AM

ugh. I've been eating nonstop today and I'm uncomfortably full but I still feel the urge to eat.

3/9/2014 7:50:08 PM

Quote :

"ncsuapex:^ piggy."

3/9/2014 7:57:58 PM

3/9/2014 8:00:44 PM

I should just take a pill and go to bed now. I have to get up at 4 a.m to get my sister to the airport. Fuck.

3/9/2014 9:08:00 PM

My stomach hurts. I need to stop eating junk food while I cry in my car during lunch break.

3/9/2014 9:11:15 PM

HBOGo...work dammit!

3/9/2014 10:27:12 PM

sweet jeebus i'm paying dearly for procrastination

3/9/2014 10:28:09 PM

So much lettuce in my puke. And tomatoes. Gross.

3/9/2014 11:08:03 PM

wtf

god I hate when people talk about puking

3/9/2014 11:09:31 PM

I can't deal with hearing/seeing people puke

it makes me get all clammy

3/9/2014 11:13:50 PM

my 5 week old just exorcist-puked all over me.

3/9/2014 11:16:58 PM

why do you cry in your car during lunch, Meg?

3/9/2014 11:20:36 PM

Poor life choices, etc.

3/9/2014 11:43:49 PM

go on...

3/9/2014 11:45:27 PM

Why is chit chat showing ads for baby forehead thermometers...

3/10/2014 2:32:25 AM

so you dont know how ads work either? youre having quite the day.

[Edited on March 10, 2014 at 2:58 AM. Reason : -]

3/10/2014 2:57:42 AM

such procrastination. very wow. so rush.

3/10/2014 6:35:31 AM

i really fucking hate daylight savings time

3/10/2014 8:11:37 AM

i love the extra hour of daylight we get in the evenings. i'm half awake during the mornings either way, so the extra dark doesn't bother me.

3/10/2014 8:21:02 AM

Quote :

"i really fucking hate daylight savings time"

3/10/2014 8:29:02 AM

^^second

3/10/2014 10:54:11 AM

I just mind the few weeks that I drive into work in the dark...but that's kind of a fwp.

Daylight Savings just signals to me that it's almost time to find a joint with a decent patio/deck and a good drink selection.

3/10/2014 11:01:42 AM

3/10/2014 9:41:15 PM

burnt my toast again! can't wait to get a new toaster oven

[Edited on March 11, 2014 at 11:10 AM. Reason : FWP]

3/11/2014 11:08:12 AM

[Edited on March 11, 2014 at 5:03 PM. Reason : 49]

3/11/2014 5:01:51 PM