Damaged Long Thoracic Nerve - Winging Scapula

This is 9 months to the day of the accident. I had to clasp my hands together to lift my right arm in the video.

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• Damaged
• Long
• Thoracic
• Nerve
• Winging
• Scapula

[spitgalore]

I'm not in the medical profession but I'm nosy. What kind of work caused this injury? Thanks.

[dljm1]

I broke my leg when I stepped onto the sidewalk outside of the office. Black ice. You really can't tell it's ice until your foot attemps to point the opposite direction. The winging was a result of the crutch pressing against my rib-cage. It pressed the nerve against a rib, damaging it, and that continued for the next 6 wks. Scar tissue was found and removed during surgery, Nov.26,07 around the 5th rib. It's weak but I can lift my arm away from my body, so I feel it was 100% successful.

[Padraic1359]

Winged scapula:

Under no circumstances have physio as this will overstetch the trapezius and rhomboids and cause more fatigue pain.

Never use Botox in cases involving muscle damage, atrophy or nerve damage.

Therre are only 2 really effective tretments.

1 scapulothoracic fusion with wire and bone graft.

2. Pectoral major split tendon transfer.

Do not have the surgery where the scalene muscle attached to the first rib is cut as this is at best completely useless.

[dljm1]

I agree with you. Not to discount other methods but if you have a winged scapula, be wary of the instant cures. If a doctor tells you he knows exactly what the problem is, other doctors should arrive at the same finding. Also, I want to clarify the location of my nerve injury. The surgeon found scar tissue where the crutch pressed against my side,trapping the nerve against my rib around the 5th, I think. Stabilization exercises, reinervation, & a huge dose of patience are crucial for success.

[boredism07]

that aint good

[Xotizzyxo]

what accident was this caused from?

[cjones237]

@cptegenerique

If you no longer have winged scapula, you did not completely sever your long thoracic nerve. If you strengthen your serratus anterior enough, it could compensate for the lack of innervation.

[kstaylor98682]

My left shoulder blade is a bit like that too but I never found out why. I had surgery on my heart when I was two weeks old and they made the incision under my shoulder. Watching your video makes me wonder if it is nerve damage that caused it. I have never had trouble lifting my arm except is has slightly less range of motion than my right, but mostly it's cosmetic.

[AKWait86]

ack!  that's scary lmfao XDD

cool ...

but really scary ... i can't watch it lmao

[cptegenerique]

Hello,I had the same injury after a bike crash at high speed, I used self-hypnotism and electrical stimulation to regain control of my arm because nerves were crushed and it worked fine. In addition I took BCAA proteins used by bodybuilders to rebuild tissue and eliminate the inner scares. In less than one month I used my arm, in two months I was able to lift weights and the third month I had recover enought to continue archery.

Now it seems as if nothing happened, my angel wing had fly away.

[graiypz]

my friends thoracic nerve got busted as well

[jmagus]

wow, that looks....so cool