@dr.dan_dpt: I had a friend text me about thoracic outlet syndrome the other day and I realized I hadn’t posted about it in a while. I’m on vacation currently but here is a repost from earlier this year. #physicaltherapy
Do you have an alternative to the door stretch for people like me who are hypermobile?
2025-10-10 22:11:14
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Cute Hero Bunny :
so you're telling me I have bad cable management
2025-10-13 22:35:37
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MaxTheMaverick :
Sounds expensive…will continue to ignore
2025-10-14 04:21:11
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Megan Dyson :
Nope TOS is very rare, it is more likely carpal or cubical tunnel syndrome.
2025-10-12 11:19:38
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KB :
Me watching this video with a numb arm…
2025-10-12 03:41:27
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𝒜𝓁𝓁𝓎 ✞ :
What about the numbness accompanied by tingling in the back/shoulder blade area?
2025-10-12 04:32:27
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MoxieMae :
Thank you for not being a chiropractor. Bless you.
2025-10-12 01:20:57
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Christine :
Casually says to use a hospital gown like people have those lying around. 💀
2025-10-10 08:52:09
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Amely :
Did you just casually drop ‘thoracic outlet syndrome’ like it's something we all talk about over brunch? 😂 I’m still trying to figure out what that is! Someone pls explain to me like I’m 5... 🤔
2025-10-10 08:26:32
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TheDahliaGrey :
As someone with these symptoms, and it isn't TOS, get a neck x-ray. I have a bulging disc in my neck. Some docs said "it can't be that--where you feel numbness would be the next disc down"...jokes on them, the bulging presses on both the nerve above and below it. (Sorry, it took me 7 years of doctors telling me it's Carpal Tunnel/anxiety before I finally got someone to listen)
2025-10-14 18:02:45
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Jessy :
If I keep either arm bent for too long my hands go numb I used to be a curled hand sleeper ya no but I have to sleep with both arms straight any kind of bend of my arms causes my hand to go numb
2025-10-11 18:44:05
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lilipassalacqua :
My scrolling with my pinky numb rn and coldness going down my forearm 😀
2025-10-11 15:40:28
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Aya_yuna :
I've got H-EDS and TOS. Saw a pt specialist for this and none of these stretches worked (we tried them first, they were useless). Only thing that worked was laying on a foam roller (down the spine) and stretching my arms in different positions down/to the side/up. Gravity/angling/repetition did the work for where I was impacted. This plus manual manipulation and release of the problematic muscles/tendons/ligaments by my pt. What made it eventually go away was all that plus a regimen of constant excercise to strengthen the shoulder socket+blade+neck area.
2025-10-13 22:52:27
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jc_pennies :
Every night and it’s so disruptive to my sleep. It feel like it comes from my shoulders. Worse in the right
2025-10-10 22:43:15
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Persona Mundana ❌️ :
Been dealing with TOS for 5 yrs now. Have tried all these stretches thru multiple physical therapists and they help ... for about 5 minutes. What *has* helped is working on strengthening my scalenes and other neck muscles. Back and down shoulder cueing also made things more painful for me. Instead, I focus on lifting the clavicles and scaps slightly up with no lateral or posterior movement.
2025-10-10 23:33:03
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Jen :
you had my trust until you mentioned a hospital gown as a quick item to grab
2025-10-11 07:49:18
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Coco :
Do you have any videos on scapular dyskinesis? Specifically in dancers
2025-10-10 02:34:28
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Uhhhh??? :
I have EDS, so it's kinda normal for my limbs to go numb sometimes
2025-10-12 07:50:09
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Sisshi :
Well that actually explains why my numbness goes away when I put my arm behind me while laying on that side.
2025-10-11 04:42:35
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hailz :
What if I have both arms go numb while sleeping? Could it still be this?
2025-12-10 15:44:11
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ii :
what if i'm hyper mobile for the stretches
2025-10-10 08:19:30
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Alena 🇪🇺 :
my limbs go numb all the time
2025-10-11 22:49:11
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marlemontree :
Wait doesn’t everyone wake up at night with limb arms or feet they have to shake out???
2025-12-04 14:32:59
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Jack :
Oh my god this is a life saver. I wake up in the middle of the night from this and a couple times it’s been so numb that I can’t move my arm, it just waggles like a wet noodle til blood flow goes back to normal
2026-08-13 14:49:55
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