I was born with a brachial plexus injury in my right arm. Along with making me left handed, which already made things somewhat harder, my left arm is 4 or 5 times stronger than my right one. It's nice to hear somebody else pushing through it.

@HokageAlex

2 жыл бұрын

YESS me as well but did you had to learn to be left handed or are you naturally left handed? I’m naturally left handed but will like to know you know

@Mirza200A

2 жыл бұрын

Same Condition as yours I'm 16 but it's because of Birth Trauma . Is this Treatable?

@ebru1007

2 жыл бұрын

My injury is the exactly same 😊😊

@iuvu444

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mirza200A wondering the same thing I’m 22 I can’t lay my hand flat or straighten it all the way

@jahre3728

Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly my situation…I was born with it and my right arm is messed up

Hello buddy, I had a similar brachial plexus injury to my left arm in 1991 when I was 19. (Same, got knocked off a bike). And I am very glad to tell you, you got off more lightly with a useful recovery of the tricep ! Great ! I have about 25% use of the left arm and I've lived with it for a hell of a long time, but shoot through it all mate. Don't let it hold you up ! Cheers, Chris. (And I am glad to tell you, the first thing I bought when I got out of hospital was a new bike!)

@braj14177

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for motivating me bro 🙏

I feel so lucky when reading the comments here. I'm 45 and was very active, cycling, kickboxing and jujitsu. I received an ac dislocation doing jujitsu 4 months ago. it required surgery with a plate insert. On removal of the plate I received a brachial plexus injury during the surgery. I woke up with a paralyzed arm. 6 weeks later I regained full motion in my arm, but there is muscle wastage and numbness still. They believe i will recover strength in 6 months and maybe sensation also. I'm just so happy my arm works again. I'm feeling blessed today, discharged from hospital yesterday. Sending love and admiration to everyone here suffering, I hope you all recover!

My arm looks exactly like yours. I’m not alone, you are not alone. Let’s goooooooo 💪 I’m currently healing from rotator cuff surgery. I’ve had a paralyzed right arm 4yrs now.

@alexcalisto4932

Жыл бұрын

I feel your pain brother....hope one day u overcome that....really do....

I’m just about to tick over a year since my mtb accident that caused my brachial plexus injury (among other serious injuries). It’s been 8 months since the nerve transfer and whilst I’m seeing some improvement I still can’t lift my arm yet. This story was inspirational as the last 12 months has been mentally and physically draining.

@AD-il5su

5 ай бұрын

Me too 6th of February will be a year since fall down stairs total arm paralysis no nerve transfers LGI as no interest in treating me at the moment

Such a touching story of an incredibly positive young man! What an admirable survivor mentality 🙌

Inspirational ! Thanks for sharing your positivity . May your future be HEALTHY & HAPPY

Same broken right hand left brachial injury. Life is amazing and goes on.

So glad they were able to help you

I had that injury 20 years ago....I was 16 when it happened. I felt miserable after running all possible tests, earing from doctors that I would not move my arm ever again, I lost muscle mass ,strength, motion, it was unreal......but young and courageous I did not gave up....worked so hard every single day,using the most imaginable methods I could have think of and in 5 months I was back to my normal life......20 years later I still see and feel differences between arms and nothing more I can do....I became a carpenter and every time I think about those doctors I bang those nails harder lol.....my advice keep working on it never give up....

@amaurymateo3970

8 ай бұрын

This is amazing. My wife has this injury, can you send me a message I want to make sure she is doing all the right exercises. Can you tell what you did?

@1HandedWarrior

7 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@amaurymateo3970Whats up Mateo, Im currently living with a brachial plexus injury. I feel like you could use some therapy tips. Shoulder, elbow, and hand will get stiff. So comparing with the non-injured side, work every joint to somewhat of a normal range of motion. In my case there was no movement or sensory elbow down so it had to be careful, and daily. Some exercises; Finger curling, every* joint in the fingers, elbow flexion, pronation & supination of the arm, flexion and extension of the wrist, shoulder shrugs/scapular contractions. Hope it helps

Still battling with mine , because I couldn't access needed treatment in my country Nigeria. The needed physiotherapy medical device is not available. I hope to recover someday and share my positive story as well though I'm still going for my physiotherapy appointment till now hoping for miracle someday...

I am 6 weeks into this injury sustained in the gym. My life has completely fallen apart, my physical health has deteriorated rapidly to the point where seeing out the next twelve months looks unlikely. This is a savage injury with no cure. Doctors are useless.

@maianjb

21 күн бұрын

How are you now

@RK-ml2ns

21 күн бұрын

@@maianjb Much better now thank you. It has been a hard road of rehab. Still very limited in movement the injury is permanent, I have learnt to live with it and manage it everyday.

@maianjb

21 күн бұрын

@@RK-ml2ns how it happened at the gym please

@RK-ml2ns

21 күн бұрын

@@maianjb Yes at the gym. Bench press

@maianjb

21 күн бұрын

@@RK-ml2ns I mean I'm having the same thing but ,I don't know if it's really that serious How did you know that you can't move your arms?

Good to hear your positive story. I did the same thing in 1986. If only there was a treatment for the awful pain which occurs every few months.

@chrishughes1103

3 жыл бұрын

Just seen this brachial plexus comment, and wanted to share my comment on it back to you. Hello buddy, I had a similar brachial plexus injury to my left arm in 1991 when I was 19. (Same, got knocked off a bike). And I am very glad to tell you, you got off more lightly with a useful recovery of the tricep ! Great ! I have about 25% use of the left arm and I've lived with it for a hell of a long time, but shoot through it all mate. Don't let it hold you up ! Cheers, Chris. (And I am glad to tell you, the first thing I bought when I got out of hospital was a new bike!)

@khingmolina4490

Жыл бұрын

Same bro! I get my bip on a motorbike accident last 2014 and My left arm hurts very often now, in one month it hurts 2 times and last for almost a week the pain on my fingers are excruciating.

@DBriddo

Жыл бұрын

Medical marijuana?

Same injury due to a car accident, I got some comfort reading the comments!

I have the same injury after a motorcyclecrash when i was 18. Im 60 now and had i pretty good life so far. Still riding my bike and had many jobs that was not realy suitable for me but i pushed through. It really start to take a toll on my body now so be careful and save some for the old days. 😉

@thacryinggame

Ай бұрын

You will heal God bless you

That last bit is what I need to find

I’ve had this since I was 6 years old in my right arm. Unfortunately I was not put in the right care , and my first surgeon, who I had for 4 years, performed malpractice on me and doomed me from any recovery. I’m 21 now and have zero movement still. I struggle daily but I know I’ll get through it. I’m happy to see others got the care they deserved and saw some recovery 🥲

@kenny4950

Жыл бұрын

nah u cute anyway, i have the same problem when i was born on my left arm so dont worry u are not alone

@Audball_33

Жыл бұрын

@@kenny4950 I really appreciate that a lot

@Audball_33

Жыл бұрын

@@kenny4950 I’m sorry you’ve gone through the same type of thing

@uu7030

Жыл бұрын

@@Audball_33 don’t worry girl I was born with brachial plexus my arm has been bent for 16 years and It is my biggest biggest insecurity I can barely do the things I wanna do like my left arm can do

@nikhilr2761

11 ай бұрын

​@@Audball_33god heal you sister I pray to God to heal you

i got this injury as a journeyman electrician and after 3 half years later a physical therapist found out that i have this. Something about this town i live in is scary!! I got no validation and shunned from the community. WTF i also got hung up on electricity a few years prior and got zero help with that also. Only just have a lingering concussion over here with no use of his arms over my head... no big deal at all. Ohh whats that you lost your wife..... oh and you cant work at all. Hmmmmmm this town! No one even believes that i am hurt. Sick people

my besties daugher. arm and leg and eye. thats how intense it was. she is amazing today about 15 years later with a kid. wonderful.

I never recovered

Mate you had the sort of care I dream of , nov 2018 i was involved in a hit n run on my way to my sons parents evening and the care I’ve received from waking up from 3 week coma in st Mary’s London has been horrific , still a on going battle to receive care which not helped by covid

@clay2n

2 жыл бұрын

Been told today after being strung along for over year that surgeon not sure if tendon transfers will help (as I’ve not functional finger movement) and nothing can be done about the constant pain in my wrist and hand , that if cut arm off I’ll get phantom arm pain … so go fuck myself right , cheers nhs London for absolutely no aftercare and absolutely no help or assistance , for telling me “oh we could have done that but it’s too late now” and for having the “oh well attitude”

@adambell9494

2 жыл бұрын

@@clay2n Hi Clay, i'm just reading this and it's crap to hear you have had such a bad time of it. The pain is really bad and i'm sure there are nerve transfer surgeries which might be able to help - i had them done years after the accident (although the sooner the better, don't give up and ask for another opinion). Don't know if you've been to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore (North London) but they were really good in my experience - you're GP should be able to get you a referral (although speaking to a GP is difficult too these days).

@wingsphysio

2 жыл бұрын

@@clay2n sounds like you’ve had rubbish care 😓 I’m sorry to hear this. Some nhs are not very good and sorry to say I think they prioritize certain patients. I could be wrong. I hope so. And I hope you get the proper care you deserve ❤️‍🩹

I was knocked off my motorbike & had lots of serious injuries but I had a full avulsion of my brachial plexus. This happened in 2010 (11 years ago). Pain does get better over time but it’s always there & flair ups happen often. Best advice to anyone is get something to focus on. Retrain, get a job etc. distraction techniques work the best. I had 2 nerve transfer operations both failed. I do have hand / finger movement but no elbow or shoulder function. Nerve Pain relief still needs to advance massively

@laureos

2 жыл бұрын

Damn i hate to read this. My boyfriend has a full avulsion Brachial plexus injury as well. Happened April 1 2021. Literally life changing. BAMC the medical hospital in San Antonio Did nothing what so ever, no surgery no therapy. Its now been just a tad over a year and he still has no movement anywhere on his left hand, all the way up to his shoulder, his shoulder is also completely out of socket and just hangs there. He wants to try surgeries like the nerve transfer but weve never found one case of it being a successful surgery. His pain is horrible as well, Gabapentin 600mg three times a day smh. My heart hurts for everyone that has to deal with this.

@leoschilker

2 жыл бұрын

@@laureos looking for Jayme Bertelli md. From Brazil... This doctor had another level skills

@leoschilker

2 жыл бұрын

You know about "free muscle transfer"? For shoulder, have a trapezious transfer (Saha Procedure) and elbow flexion, transfer "gracilis muscle" from the behind leg transplant in biceps...

@franciscosanchez5807

Жыл бұрын

@@laureos hey Lala, I’ve had a BPI for 11 years now. I had a BPI exploration surgery in hope to fix anything within my arm! I only got elbow movement but the Nerve Pain Reduced by half! It was a difference maker for sure but I still do deal with pain. Im on Pregabalin, it made my head a lot less foggy.

@DBriddo

Жыл бұрын

Have you been put on neuropathic painkillers? I'm on amitriptyline and it's really helping to alleviate nerve pain.

I have the same, since a few 8weeks i had some pain. I thought it’s just my shoulder. But more and more pain, they discover it by specialist , before i did powerlifting, and ice hockey, maybe it happend in hockey of skating, i fell down and did notice any pain, only few days later i had pain, until now i have no more strengh, i can’t hold properly an ice hockey stick, or etc, i can’t get my hand in strenght, i am sad because if goes fast. in few months from less to almost nothing or no more strenght and useage of hand / arm, i feel pain and sad. It is pfff / i hope it wil better, but i can’t work for moment … for +-2-3months i need to recover but it is hard, idk and the doctor doesnt know if it will better, yes but most of usage will be gone 😭. I’m scared, i’m 24, i love to play hockey, skating and now i can’t / why or how it happend idk 😖 / but i’m happy to see it can heal but i take long, but i can’t move at all, even i go to kine it doesn’t help really i hope it will better with the months 😰, i get support from friends and parents

Ive suffered a similar type of injury…if possible just keep that arm moving…and use EMS machine. Really helps!…. Best of luck everyone and remember to pray 🙏🏽 ☝🏾

Youre a good lookin dude so no worries brother

I have the same injury now

Good man! What bike are you riding? I have an XT660X, a KLR650, and a KMX200! I just like poodling round Sussex country lanes, and much as I love the IDEA of an R1, I cannot do it justice. Please tell me you've got a ZX9 !!!!!!!!! (I can't help it, am a Kawasaki man!~)

God please you man.

Same injury but car accident and can't move my fingures stiff cold all time

I got hit by a machine that spreads rock on the oil to repave the road, since then my right arm has begun to hurt , cant lift it over my head, fingers feel tingly and numb sometimes. I cant control that arm very well. Also it hurts when i try to sleep i think i may have such an injury but idk

Place

I have had this issue since I was a baby, and now I am 15

@cee-cee7359

2 жыл бұрын

Same. I’ve had mine since birth and still do till this day at the age of 25.

@muhammad.7591

7 ай бұрын

​@@cee-cee7359what's your condition now? I also suffer the same.

I have the same injury in my left arm, from birth the doctor pulled me up at my left arm because I was 11 1/2 lbs. and he couldn't get me out pulled me by my left arm causing me with a lifelong birth defect and and I have suffered with it my whole life my whole 36 years. No dark as a surgeons wanted to help me so I have to live with it forever, do I like it?..no! but it is what it is..

@Essinator-Official

13 күн бұрын

exact same situation happened to me i was a big baby surgery’s weren’t successful either

@EmmettLBrown2015

13 күн бұрын

@@Essinator-Official I'm very sorry to hear that, we share the same struggle..

❤️

I am suffering from this disease from 10 years and there is no improvement in my right hand ..i m 27 yrs old and i want my life same like before ..plzz can anyone help me??

@kp-fm9kj

Жыл бұрын

You had operation of brachial before ?

That’s how my arm looks, live in agony and pain everyday but I’m blessed I also got back on the bike 3 years later, I definitely slowed my healing process doing things I shouldn’t but my mind wants give up at times very hard when you alone and have to live with this level of pain every single day meds don’t really help but dig hole deeper I really hope God will put a genius here on earth that will discover the solution to this, it’s hell and life at the same time

@mattsexton4787

2 жыл бұрын

I know brother I’m so sorry that we’re forced to go through life with such excruciating pain every waking minute of the day. I’ve tried every surgery and option for pain relief, from meds to stimulator to super invasive DREZ surgery which only caused more permanent pain, then pain pump with every cocktail of meds available to now back to oral med of Methadone. But my body gets used to meds to quick that it’s not really helping. I’m so close to suicide that it’s not even funny. Why continue to live everyday in pain that’s too much to handle? I’m 6 years in, wife of 10 years cheated on me and we divorced. I just don’t know how much more I can take. I don’t see any other way out of this misery.😭

@imanjay50

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattsexton4787 Keep pushing bro, everything else is moving we can walk talk and take ourselves to bathroom and feed ourselves, we are in this blessed land and living in high tec times. walk with faith brother God is good. All The Time.

@mattsexton4787

2 жыл бұрын

@@imanjay50 appreciate the encouragement brother! One day at a time...

@manusaju5978

2 жыл бұрын

What was ur injury global palsy

@benjaminmarler457

2 жыл бұрын

This sounds out there but meditation has helped me with mine i dont understand it but it seems to help

Guys in comments I see many experienced this issue ......right now im experiencing a step ahead problem ....2 nerves got affected c5 c6 (root avulsion) for past 6 months till now no noticeable improvements.....happened due to bike accident .....can anyone guide me or give some ideas ?

@leoschilker

2 жыл бұрын

avulsion has no recovery without surgery... the procedure in your case is nerve transfer (Oberlin). good luck!

Guys if simillar accident brought U here, dont hesitate to contact me. After 6 months im lifting my arm over my shoulder. im lifting a 0.5L beer glass. I dont want ur money. Peace

@marcellakahuure59

2 жыл бұрын

What type of excersises that you did that helped you recover so quick?

@mehulkasturia8936

Жыл бұрын

How can i contact??