Loss of strength in left tricep

[Rikp99]

Hello, I'm here to request insight on my current situation. About a month ago I woke up in the middle of the night with a strong sharp neck pain on the right side and as well as strong pain in my right rhomboid area. Eventually, the pain traveled to my right lateral and then to my right arm. As the pain progressed and radiated down my arm, some of my finger tips would feel numb including my thumb, index, and middle fingers. Another symptom I felt for around for one day, was that my right tricep muscle would occasionally twitch on it's own. Now following a month later, most of my pain is gone except I feel as if I lost a lot of muscle strength in my right tricep. My progression has gone from being able to do 30 push ups to barely 2. My right arm would tremble as I attempt to do them. As of now, I've read a few forum posts as to what I can do but still I'm not too sure. I've read that illnesses can trigger my immune response and possibly attack my own nerves. I received my covid vaccines 6 months ago and also caught covid three months ago and I get hay fever around spring time but I'm not sure if any of them could be related to my injury. I feel better now that most of my pain is gone, however, my concern is the loss of strength in my tricep, as more than half of it is gone. Anyone have any recommendations on how I should proceed, whether it be consulting with a neurologist, getting an mri screening, or chiropractic services? Should I pursue actual therapy? Thanks in advance.

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[eezalign]

Dear Rikp99


It looks like the night you had excruciating pain in your rhomboids, a nerve has got compressed. This is why you experienced radiating pain and numbness in the fingers. Following which, there's motor loss of the Triceps, the triceps gets the nerve supply from lower cervical C7, C8, and T1. This has led to profound weakness in your tricep and, do check your right scapula. It could be winged too. You may get MRI to make the diagnosis specific. However, chiropractic care and extensive rehabilitation would completely solve your problem.

[CMH123]

Its good information. Will search more.