Severe Pain When Driving - Bone Disorders Message Board

SoManyFeelings · 05-05-2008, 05:25 AM

Hi everyone, hope someone can help me out here. For the past 2 mos I've been in severe deep pain in my right shoulder down to my elbow to my wrist and it's worse when I drive. (I've had a history of 8 slipped disks from my cervical to lumbar for the past 10 yrs and the past month I've been going to a neurologist who thinks it's mainly osteoarthritis and am going thru P/T for traction, lucky me!). Anyway, no one can actually pinpoint where my pain is actually coming from except possibly my C5-6 which is highly possible. I'm trying to look at every angle here and thinking it's possibly shoulder related instead of constantly blaming everything on my C5-6 so I think Monday I'll call a ortho dr. Also, has anyone ever had their pain intensify in the shoulder and full arm while driving? This is crazy! Please help and thanks for reading my post, bye now, angel

singel352000 · 05-08-2008, 05:42 AM

Hi Sorry to hear about your pain I know how you feel I was the same but my problem was carpial tunnel. Both hands pain from sholder all the way down to hands and nothing would help. Only pain killers till operation on both ,one at a time also left rotator cuff had a spur Do you have pins and needels in your hands If so you might ask your Dr to explore that .I dont know if that gives you some thing to look at ???

SoManyFeelings · 05-08-2008, 11:21 AM

hi Singel ... thanks for your help. I just got back from the orthopedic office from having a shoulder MRI done and will know the results next week. However, when I met with the orthopedic this past Monday, he had received the report from my neurologist stating that I possibly may have carpal tunnel in my right hand ... but, the orthopedic said my pain would only be in my wrist and hand and not anywhere else. What's your thoughts because in your post you wrote most of your pain went through your whole arm, please let me know exactly what you were feeling from your wrist to your shoulder okay? Thanks so much for your post, I really appreciate it

singel352000 · 05-09-2008, 05:44 AM

Ok what he said is right . It starts off with pins & needles like when you cut the blood flow to your hands when you straighten your arm out pins & needles stop.The next stage is p&n dont go away when you straighten the arm and thay start to throb then the pain when your in bed.When your driving the prosses starts again and the pain starts up the whole arm & sholder and it does not matter how you try to move your arm the pain is still there. Not very nice, but after the operation no more pain and a good nights sleep. So I hope you can get it fixted up

kkl · 05-12-2008, 12:30 AM

hello -

I've had both neck problems and wrist problems. What type of tests did your neurologist do to determine it was possibly carpal tunnel? Has your orthopaedic surgeon ruled out thoracic outlet? This is a syndrome where your nerves and sometimes blood supply gets compressed in the neck and shoulder area. It's symptoms are very similar to carpal tunnel. In fact some times people are misdiagnosed and have the carpal tunnel release surgery , and find out later they actually have thoracic outlet.