trapped nerve?

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Hi all, can anybody help me?
I take part in MMA, (mixed martial arts) and on Tuesday suffered a clash of heads, which resulted in the whole of my left arm going numb and weak.
Obviously i have looked into chiropracters etc but cant really afford them at the minute!
Im a gym instructor, also qualified in sports massage, and have tried stretching it out in numerous ways but I cant quite hit the spot.
The pain is all stemming from roughly the lower part of my neck, around the Rhomboid/Trap area on my left side, while the numbness has gone now, it is still preventing me from full ROM in my head. Its also waking me up about half two every morning and stopping me from getting comfortable.

What i want to know if anybody has any tips for me other than the obvious chiropractic route. Now, i know if somebody came to me for info, I would say exactly that, but i need it clicked out pretty much asap to carry on with my training.

Any ideas/views/info at all would be greatly appreciated

 

[calibabe]

Hi
I think your body is telling you to rest a while, as aports masseur why not consider a massage approach to neck/shoulder area as the injury is now in sub acute phase, i would concentrate on lev scap, SCM and try to restore ROM in rotation of neck, I personally dont subscribe to the benefit of chiropractic approach of treatment unless in the short term, I prefer the approach of Sports therapy.
hope all is ok soon,
Gaz

 

[norkaniop]

Thanks for the quick response, I cant really rest at the minute though otherwise id be the first to rest, believe me!

 

[Chipmunk]

Hi again Scott,
by not resting or seeking treatment you have chosen your priority as training over your long term health, that is your priveledge. However you may be risking an even longer enforced rest by doing so. As a Sports therapist I have in the past carried out a couple of treatments that I would otherwise thought unappropriate, and by doing so facilitated my client competing in an event for which he had trained for over a year only to fall with injury at the final week. That again was the choice of my client after I informed him of the risk. There are things that you can do but I am afraid doing nothing should not be one of them, there is no quick fix and you chose to ask for help in the first instance.
best regards whatever your choice,
Gaz

 

[j_ody]

Yes I did choose to ask, I asked for any tips on how I can put off being treated for a short while. I know rest and treatment is the way ahead, but like I said, that option is not available right now. Not all of us can afford taking time out to recover!
If anybody else has any advice please hit me with it

 

[panditalover]

Other than ablunt instrument knockedon your head to make you stop, I don't think you are going to listen to any sensible advice. Why bother to post the question???
Since you are in the business you know what you should be doing. Rest, ice blah blah. The fact that it was possibly a head/neck injury is more worrying - did you get amedical check? Not that you are going to listen, but if you persist in not following advice, you are going to have to take a back seat and instruct from the sidelines until the pain has subsided and full ROM has been restored.

 

[Fonz]

heres an idea, why not listen to what people ask rather than preach what I wanted to avoid in the first place. Like I said, i know what I "should" do, its a case of getting by for the next few weeks.
But no, Mr Righteous has to insist I do the obvious which is the one thing I cant do right now. Why reply to somebodys post with the exact opposite of what they want info on?

Go preach to somebody else, Ive listed what I would like info on, if you cant provide it, dont provide anything. And if I get worse, I know who to blame, myself.

 

[Vqyyzecvcr]

Hello Scott,

Have you considered going to an experience Massage Therapist and not a sports one?

An other treatment would be to have a special type of a treatment such as having somebody with steady hands(somebody you trust). You should apply heat to your neck area for an hour first, you laying on your back in bed, him / hersurrending your chin with one hand and with the otherhand, the back of your skull, pulling gently away from your bodyand with a steady gentle pull for as long as the person can pull. Both of you should relax for about 5 minutes and start again. Do this treatment 3 to 4 times in the morning and the same at night. You should apply heat after every treatment session. Try it for a week and see if this helps. If it does and you keep us up-to-date on your progress, I will give you some special exercises to strengthen your neck. Good Luck

Joe


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