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Suffering With Spondylosis, Tests Showed Shoulder Vein Caught Between Two Bones. Medicines Ineffective. Suggestions?
Hello ,myself vishal. I am here for my father.he is suffering from spondylosis from last 6 year.actually in report it is found that just below his shoulder one vein is caught betn 2 bones.and he showed it to lot of doctors bt many told that 90% operation are failed in such cases.and medicines are not affecting anything. Please tell me what to do ,medicines and ur suggestions.thank u. My personal email YYYY@YYYY
Wed, 9 Jul 2014
Hi..
It looks like your father is having thoracic outlet syndrome.
It is a condition where the blood vessels ( artery and veins ) and nerves are compressed between the 2 bones namely the clavicle and the first rib.
with increasing age, the shoulders sag, thus putting more pull on the neurovascular (artery, veins and nerves ) structures; indeed drooping shoulders alone may cause this condition and symptoms are characteristically posture-related.
Things to do-
surgical intervention is the treatment of choice if its compression causing pain and weakness of the limb.
In mean time conservative treatment can be opted:
physiotherapy:exercises to strengthen the shoulder girdle muscles,
postural training
instruction in work practices and
ways of preventing shoulder droop and muscle fatigue.
Pain killer if required.
It looks like your father is having thoracic outlet syndrome.
It is a condition where the blood vessels ( artery and veins ) and nerves are compressed between the 2 bones namely the clavicle and the first rib.
with increasing age, the shoulders sag, thus putting more pull on the neurovascular (artery, veins and nerves ) structures; indeed drooping shoulders alone may cause this condition and symptoms are characteristically posture-related.
Things to do-
surgical intervention is the treatment of choice if its compression causing pain and weakness of the limb.
In mean time conservative treatment can be opted:
physiotherapy:exercises to strengthen the shoulder girdle muscles,
postural training
instruction in work practices and
ways of preventing shoulder droop and muscle fatigue.
Pain killer if required.
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