Wasting triceps & pectoral, loss of strength

[droopypec]

wow sorry to hear that...

how did he say those form?

I have had similar symptoms to you. should I get an MRI?

Some people are born with a syrinx, some people just get them in life for no reason, and some people get them from trauma to the spine.

If you think you have one, get an MRI WITH contrast. I got an MRI without and then had to get a second one with contrast.
(Contrast is just an injection they give you so they can watch the spinal fluid flow around the syrinx.)

It's been a year and a half at this point. I realize I've had a syrinx / syringomyelia growing for at least 20 years and didn't know it. The MRI is the only way to find out.

I'm one of the lucky ones, my symptoms are minor. I've been working out like crazy and am in the best shape of my life again.

I'll never be as strong as I used to, but compared to the constant pain and paralysis some people get, I've got it easy.

I hope you don't have this, and it's just something minor...
Good luck!

[one sided injury]

I see - that's a bummer that it's not something you can control but it's great to hear you're almost back to normal and killing it again.

Did you have any tips you used to deal with the nerve pain at all?

[droopypec]

When I first had the pain:
I lay in bed for two days.
I bought a chiropractic pillow for my neck to sleep on. I still use it.
I started sleeping with a pillow under my knees. Turned out that fixed my lower back pain, so I stuck with it.
I kept a pillow under my right arm to keep it elevated.

It took 4-6 weeks before things got better for me where I didn't have any major symptoms.
At that point, I could sleep normally in bed without arm elevated.

You have to find out what the cause of the problem is. Usually that starts with a X-Ray, then an MRI, then an MRI with contrast.

For most people, it is a disc in their spine which is bulging and pushing on the nerve from the outside in.
I was a rare 1 in 15,000 case where the spinal cord is being pushed on from INSIDE out by a syrinx.
There are other causes possible, but something is irritating the nerve.

In general computer work is horrible for your neck from having your hand extended using the mouse.
The trap muscles and neck take a beating from that and ache at the end of the day.
I have a keyboard without a number pad so my hand is in closer to my body and that helps a lot.
I also have fully adjustable chair and desk height.

Looking at your phone is absolutely awful for your neck, toss the phone.

The upside of this is that because my nerve is damaged, I no longer get neck pain at the end of the day like I used to.

Sorry you are going through this too.

I never believed in chiropractors until I tried on out of desperation for my lower back.