Hi lucinda,

I would agree with Ginger - but it sounds like you had your hands full with getting through your shoulder assessment etc.

Your question is why just the long thoracic nerve.

Who knows why it got injured and not other parts of the brachial plexus.

Perhaps - and this is purely guessing - it was because she knew she was falling, held her arm out to stop the fall, suffered a retraction injury in trying to stabilise her shoulder when the weight landed on the outstretched arm and then caused some long thoracic nerve injury when serratus anterior failed to stabilise?

Good luck!