Thank you Dr. Corenman.
Thoracic outlet syndrome was something that I came across when I was in my acute pain phase and I was researching what might be wrong with me. I had terrible left shoulder and arm pain and muscle spasms that started 4 days after receiving a flu shot (and I had the eyelid twitching-that’s why I mentioned it earlier). I went for almost 3 months with this pain until I saw a neurologist that ordered the MRI. When he saw the DDD, he attributed my symptoms to that and I feel like I’ve been dismissed to have this numbness with no relief. I do not really have any neck pain, other than a little soreness and stiffness on some days. Could it be coincidental that I have the DDD and something else is really causing my numbness and tingling? I think it is positional with my neck though.
Thank you so much for your time.