Gorodish
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Dear friends
Thank you for reading this. 59 year old male, UK based. Generally really mentally and physically healthy (walked a Marathon 2 months ago). Perhaps you can help put my mind to rest.
In March this year I noticed a feeling of clumsiness in my left hand - hard to pin down, but made typing a bit harder and holding and using a fork a bit alien. Some occasional deep ache in the arm. At the same time, I noticed a sharp ice-pick crampy pain in my upper back when I'd been driving a bit. It would never appear at rest/ sitting/ lying down. I went to the GP in the summer and he said that it seemed to correlate with the findings of a MRI I had 2 years ago whci found evidence of bone spurs in my cervical spine. Suggested it was a trapped nerve in my spine, and that physiotherapy would help. I started a routine of neck extensions and yoga.
It didn't get better. In fact the arm has felt a bit weaker and more clumsy (like a heavy, dead arm some of the time), now joined by fasciculations in that arm/ trembly sensation (mostly in bed on waking that usually seems to alleviate if I lie on my back) as well as both calf muscles and eyelids etc. I also have had weird numb sensations in my legs that get more and less at different times of the day. I have an occasional hoarse voice and often need to clear my throat, with feeling of globus.
I went back to my trusted, experienced physio yesterday and she said that in the absence of any improvement, it isn't likely to be a trapped nerve. She then did a neuro exam which found - unitateral Hoffmans (left hand side), bilateral Clonus, and negative Babinski reflexes. She's suggested I take these results (which Dr Google suggests are indicative of an Upper Motor Lesion) to my GP to get a neurologist appointment. I then scared myself with the possibilities.
I would have sworn that with a stiff, tender and maybe arthritic cervical spine, that the potential is for Cervical Myelothapy is there, but does that correlate with a single side Hoffmans? Where is MS in all this? I had Covid at the start of October, can this correlate?
I appreciate the advice will probably be to see the Neurologist, get the tests - only s/he can say, and don't get stressed about self diagnosis. It is the advice I'd give to a friend who came to me with this. But it helps to write this and share. Thanks for a very helpful Forum.
Thank you for reading this. 59 year old male, UK based. Generally really mentally and physically healthy (walked a Marathon 2 months ago). Perhaps you can help put my mind to rest.
In March this year I noticed a feeling of clumsiness in my left hand - hard to pin down, but made typing a bit harder and holding and using a fork a bit alien. Some occasional deep ache in the arm. At the same time, I noticed a sharp ice-pick crampy pain in my upper back when I'd been driving a bit. It would never appear at rest/ sitting/ lying down. I went to the GP in the summer and he said that it seemed to correlate with the findings of a MRI I had 2 years ago whci found evidence of bone spurs in my cervical spine. Suggested it was a trapped nerve in my spine, and that physiotherapy would help. I started a routine of neck extensions and yoga.
It didn't get better. In fact the arm has felt a bit weaker and more clumsy (like a heavy, dead arm some of the time), now joined by fasciculations in that arm/ trembly sensation (mostly in bed on waking that usually seems to alleviate if I lie on my back) as well as both calf muscles and eyelids etc. I also have had weird numb sensations in my legs that get more and less at different times of the day. I have an occasional hoarse voice and often need to clear my throat, with feeling of globus.
I went back to my trusted, experienced physio yesterday and she said that in the absence of any improvement, it isn't likely to be a trapped nerve. She then did a neuro exam which found - unitateral Hoffmans (left hand side), bilateral Clonus, and negative Babinski reflexes. She's suggested I take these results (which Dr Google suggests are indicative of an Upper Motor Lesion) to my GP to get a neurologist appointment. I then scared myself with the possibilities.
I would have sworn that with a stiff, tender and maybe arthritic cervical spine, that the potential is for Cervical Myelothapy is there, but does that correlate with a single side Hoffmans? Where is MS in all this? I had Covid at the start of October, can this correlate?
I appreciate the advice will probably be to see the Neurologist, get the tests - only s/he can say, and don't get stressed about self diagnosis. It is the advice I'd give to a friend who came to me with this. But it helps to write this and share. Thanks for a very helpful Forum.
