Hello everyone. I am a 25 yr old male
with a question about an injury sustained
about 4-5 yrs ago. I was involved in a
motocross accident which dislocated my
shoulder. Now I don't know the first
thing about medicine but I am willing to
guess that a nerve was torn in the
process, as I now have no feeling in about
ten square inches of my right upper arm as
well as a paralyzed deltoid. Now I know
it's not the end of the world but it still
makes live much more difficult as I can't
lift the arm very high, I can no longer
participate in the sports I love, and it
is quite unsightly as well. My question
to anyone with medical knowledge is, is
there any type of treatment for this?
What type of specialist would I want to go
and see first? The reason for asking on
this forum first is that I have no medical
insurance and cannot afford to go to a
bunch of different doctors who just refer
me to someone else, or go to the doctor
just to be told there is "probably" no
treatment for this, as I was once told in
the hospital (the doctor was in a big rush
and didn't seem to care too much about my
question as I was there for something
else). Any advice would be greatly
appreciated.
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hickey
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Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 2
deltoid problems Posted: 09-18-08 03:59am
hi im an 18 year old male from australia
and i also dislocated my shoulder playing
football 3-4 years ago.
the deltoid nevre has been severed and now
i have no muscle there at all. although i
still have ok movement in my shoulder it
does affect day to day life very much. i
have seen docters and as u said, all they
have done is refer to other docters and
the finally result was nothing can be
done. i was wondering if u have heard of
anything that can be done.?
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MMAFanAtl
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Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Atlanta
Posted: 09-18-08 16:00pm
Good luck man. Hate to say it but the
chances are slim. Mine turned out to be
the auxillary nerve if I remember
correctly, and that's probably what going
on with you but I'm no doctor. I've spent
over two grand on tests, doctor visits,
scans, etc. and every doctor I've talked
to pretty much rushed me out of his office
and told me to try someone else. I've
even called the office of Dr. Naft(I think
that was his name, google it) who
specializes in these sort of things and
sent off my MRI's and X-Rays and was
pretty much told, sorry. Most of these
doctors and the woman who administered the
nerve test said that there was some
activity so there is probably a chance,
but none of them showed any interest in
treating me. Just seems like they already
have a full work load so they don't want
to deal with it. It really sucks trying
to train MMA and do other physically
demanding things with such a disadvantage.
But hey, at least most of the tattoo
didn't hurt(jk, this really sucks). Is
yours numb, and if so, from where to
where?
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MMAFanAtl
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Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Atlanta
Posted: 09-18-08 16:07pm
Oh and I forgot to add that nerve damage
usually needs to be treated within a short
period of time. Don't remember how long,
but long before 3-4 years. This will make
any treatment much more unlikely.
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hickey
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 09-18-08 21:52pm
yea seems like same story no docter can do
anythink. mine was also the auxillary
nerve but with numbnes i must have got
pretty lucky not much at all just a bit
towards the top of the shoulder.
good luck let us now if u find any more
out.cheers
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MMAFanAtl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Atlanta
Posted: 09-18-08 22:18pm
Yeh man well you're lucky as I'm numb from
the top of my shoulder to about 3 inches
above my elbow. Hopefully that will give
you a better chance than me. In Jiu-Jitsu
people are always like, "what man? what
the hell happened to you". I look like
skeletor on one side and have plenty of
muscle on the other, haha. Anyway, Good
luck dude. And keep me informed please.
