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I am in exact same boat. Mine was when I was doing my taxes on the computer and turned my head (after training 5 days that week) Felt tightness, then extreme pain in my back. Then the pain went to my tricep and forearm. After the steroid pack the pain subsided yet I was so weak I could not even do 1 push up. It was mentally draining. I continue to train 5 days/week yet progress is slow. I am now up to 34 push ups yet my tricep and pec are still not responding the way the should. My MRI and EMG show I have narrowing of the canal in my C7. I have been doing traction every night for 15 min, then I use the tens treatment, then I ice everything. I am type A and do this religiously. I have definitely improved but want these muscles to "fire" again. The muscle loss occured so fast I thought I had some major disorder. Please update me with any of your progress.

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Do you have any current updates on your condition? I am going through exact same thing. It is mentally draining.....
Roughly 3 months out from the first time I felt the loss of strength. I would say my right side is about 90% or so of what it used to be, I'm able to dumbbell press 50lbs each side for 12 reps x 5 fairly easily, and push-ups are back to 100 straight. Since having the MRI and nerve studies, and being diagnosed with the severe stenosis, I try to stretch my neck as much as I can with chin tucks and scalene muscle stretches. I found that when performing a chin tuck, and then tilting my head to the opposite side of the stenosis (thereby expanding the canal in which the nerve root runs), seemed to help a bit.
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I have incorporated a daily 15 pull-up, 30 push-up, 20 dip x 4 circuit to my daily routine, also targeting my triceps with some resistance band/cable work. I've tried to improve my grip strength with these rubber grip rings (50 each hand in the car while driving x4).

I have a follow up with my neurosurgeon in another 4 weeks, I'll give another update then, or if anything else comes up in the meanwhile. My best advice is to keep at it, and the progress will eventually happen. Human bodies are fairly resilient if you give them the chance to heal.