HMears
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- Aug 16, 2018
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- Learn about ALS
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- US
- State
- MA
- City
- Boston
Hi All,
what a great site and good support, I've read a lot already.
late last spring I started to notice tightness in my forearms, for no explicable reason. Also had a few calf cramps but didnt think much of it as I've had those before.
Early august I had a period of frequent twitching of my thumb pad muscle. Then when I bent it back I noticed a substantial crevice/dent in my thumb muscle from the base of my thumb to the wrist.
Went to a dr and he didnt think it is CTS since I have no other symptoms/signs of that.
The thumb twitching ended after a couple weeks or so, but I have them all over but only occasionally.
I was sent for an EMG/NCS on that arm and came back normal.
But I still have forearm tightness which hurts pretty much daily, including right now, and have the dent in my thumb muscle, with occasional calf cramps.
So far have not noticed any strength issues. I only ended up here because searching for these symptoms brings this condition up. This is very stressful.
No one seems to know what to look at next.
So, I decided to ask this community. If there are other conditions that can cause this or if it looks like this one, maybe some ideas would help.
Thank You
Hank
what a great site and good support, I've read a lot already.
late last spring I started to notice tightness in my forearms, for no explicable reason. Also had a few calf cramps but didnt think much of it as I've had those before.
Early august I had a period of frequent twitching of my thumb pad muscle. Then when I bent it back I noticed a substantial crevice/dent in my thumb muscle from the base of my thumb to the wrist.
Went to a dr and he didnt think it is CTS since I have no other symptoms/signs of that.
The thumb twitching ended after a couple weeks or so, but I have them all over but only occasionally.
I was sent for an EMG/NCS on that arm and came back normal.
But I still have forearm tightness which hurts pretty much daily, including right now, and have the dent in my thumb muscle, with occasional calf cramps.
So far have not noticed any strength issues. I only ended up here because searching for these symptoms brings this condition up. This is very stressful.
No one seems to know what to look at next.
So, I decided to ask this community. If there are other conditions that can cause this or if it looks like this one, maybe some ideas would help.
Thank You
Hank