The scoliosis most likely doesn’t have much to do with your hand numbness. The previous history of “shoulder separation” also rarely causes nerve problems like you describe. Hand numbness without neck pain or no pain/numbness that radiates from the shoulder rarely is caused by the neck.
Most likely, you have an entrapment neuropathy. That means that the nerve or nerves are getting trapped in a “tunnel” in your shoulder, elbow or wrist. The most common ones are thoracic outlet syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, carpel tunnel syndrome and tunnel of Guyon syndrome.
Dr. Corenman
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Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.
