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Suggest Treatment To Recover From Weakness Of Arm And Hand After Accident

Hello sir I have week arm nd hand for 15 years bcz I had an accident.At the beginning I had week upper arm as well but then by time upper arm revived properly.Now a have little progress in arm nd hand.But there is no numbness .so could u help me out what I should do nd is there any chance to be normal?? Thnx
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Hi,

thank you for providing the brief history of you.

As mentioned by you the history, a thorough neuromuscular assessment is advised.

As you have an weak upper arm and hand, due to an accident which occured in the past and now the symptoms are still persisting, we need to know what accident you met, any surgery was done, etc etc.

Also, a neuromuscular assessment will help us with many things to understand about the type of injury and if any injury to the nerve is happened than a deep understanding of the nerve pathology needs an attention.

The treatment for weakness in the muscles can be fullfilled by physical therapist, as the PT will guide you the proper goal oriented exercises with focus on the individual muscles and your hand should become stronger again. It will be an effort to get the optimum results, as the injury is pretty old . So kindly keep patience and meet a PT for the same.

Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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Suggest Treatment To Recover From Weakness Of Arm And Hand After Accident

Hi, thank you for providing the brief history of you. As mentioned by you the history, a thorough neuromuscular assessment is advised. As you have an weak upper arm and hand, due to an accident which occured in the past and now the symptoms are still persisting, we need to know what accident you met, any surgery was done, etc etc. Also, a neuromuscular assessment will help us with many things to understand about the type of injury and if any injury to the nerve is happened than a deep understanding of the nerve pathology needs an attention. The treatment for weakness in the muscles can be fullfilled by physical therapist, as the PT will guide you the proper goal oriented exercises with focus on the individual muscles and your hand should become stronger again. It will be an effort to get the optimum results, as the injury is pretty old . So kindly keep patience and meet a PT for the same. Regards Jay Indravadan Patel