When I first picked up the book on the Human Spring Approach to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome by Dr. James Stoxen DC., FSSEMM (hon), something clicked. I saw my story on every page.
It explained why the body works like a spring and why problems begin when muscles tighten and stop absorbing shock. For the first time, the pain patterns I lived with actually made sense, even the neck pain, chronic neck pain, and neck stiffness I didn’t know were connected.
I had spent years searching for answers about my symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome, and nothing helped. This book also helped me understand why fibromyalgia and thoracic outlet syndrome, chronic fatigue thoracic outlet syndrome, and tmj and thoracic outlet syndrome often overlap.
Hyper-tone in the muscles can block motion, reduce shock absorption, and trigger so many TOS symptoms people don’t understand. It even explained why chronic fatigue symptoms, tmj overlap chronic pain, and carpal tunnel thoracic outlet syndrome can mimic each other.
I had read about best treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome, but no one explained why muscles lock up in the first place. The book talked about restoring the spring, not forcing it, which finally explained my neck and shoulder pain and neck and arm pain.
That alone taught me something new — that real healing needs motion, space, and better muscle elasticity. I finally understood why I kept feeling collarbone neck pain, collarbone pain near neck, and even pain above collarbone during flare-ups.
It helped me see why chest pain, chest pain and arm pain, and chest pain around collar bone can happen when the spring system stiffens. It also connected this to carpal tunnel overlap, fibromyalgia overlap, and fibromyalgia gerd overlap that confused many of my past doctors.
No doctor ever connected those dots for me. Something else I learned was how common misdiagnosis is, especially when patients experience neck pain and headaches or neck pain and dizziness on top of TOS symptoms.
Many people think they have heart issues because thoracic outlet syndrome chest pain and shortness of breath can feel terrifying. I dealt with tightness, burning, and even collarbone and arm pain, thinking something serious was happening.
Sometimes one arm felt colder — the classic one-arm-colder-than-the-other sign. I had no idea that complex regional pain syndrome overlap, raynaud’s disease, or carpal tunnel syndrome overlap with fibromyalgia can show up with the same patterns.
I also didn’t know that syringomyelia, syringomyelia rare associated complication, and raynaud’s disease secondary complication could be related to nerve compression patterns similar to TOS. The book explained how these can mimic arm neck pain and constant neck pain that never fully goes away.
What helped me most were the explanations about first rib irritation, scalene tension, and how they feed into double crush syndrome thoracic outlet patterns. It showed how syringomyelia thoracic outlet syndrome and fibromyalgia thoracic outlet syndrome and gerd sometimes overlap with these symptoms.
For the first time, the whole picture fit. I finally understood why neck muscle pain, chest pain under the collarbone, and tingling in collarbone kept getting worse with stress and bad posture.
By then, I had tried every conservative treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome in Kansas City. No chiropractor understood the spring model or how myofascial thoracic outlet syndrome contributes to worsening symptoms.
No one explained why thoracic muscle pain, thoracic injury symptoms, thoracic chest pain, or thoracic pain symptoms kept getting worse. None of them connected these symptoms to chronic fatigue overlap with thoracic outlet or my fibromyalgia overlap issues.
I tried conservative management, alternative treatment, natural treatment, and endless physical therapy. Nothing changed because the root cause was never addressed.
By June, the symptoms were overwhelming. Electric shocks ran from my collarbone into my ear and fingers just like severe collarbone neck and shoulder pain cases.
Thoracic outlet syndrome dizziness showed up randomly. Sitting or standing for more than 30 minutes caused sharp thoracic pain, thoracic pain right side, and thoracic back pain symptoms.
I tried every home treatment and every thoracic pain exercises video I could find. But none of it fixed the underlying spring collapse causing these patterns.
I read about holistic treatment and fixing thoracic outlet syndrome without surgery. The book said something powerful: you must restore the spring before you restore the motion.
That was a breakthrough for me. It also helped me see why complex regional pain syndrome treatment becomes harder when inflammation stays trapped in compressed tissues.
So I reached out to Dr. Stoxen. I emailed him expecting no reply.
But he answered the same day. After years of searching, someone finally understood my symptoms, my exercise attempts, and why nothing had worked before.
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Dr James Stoxen DC., FSSEMM (hon) He is the president of Team Doctors®, Treatment and Training Center Chicago, one of the most recognized treatment centers in the world.
Dr Stoxen is a #1 International Bestselling Author of the book, The Human Spring Approach to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. He has lectured at more than 20 medical conferences on his Human Spring Approach to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and asked to publish his research on this approach to treating thoracic outlet syndrome in over 30 peer review medical journals.
He has been asked to submit his other research on the human spring approach to treatment, training and prevention in over 150 peer review medical journals. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Orthopedic Science and Research, Executive Editor or the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care, Chief Editor, Advances in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Journal and editorial board for over 35 peer review medical journals.
He is a much sought-after speaker. He has given over 1000 live presentations and lectured at over 70 medical conferences to over 50,000 doctors in more than 20 countries. He has been invited to speak at over 300 medical conferences which includes invitations as the keynote speaker at over 50 medical conferences.
After his groundbreaking lecture on the Integrated Spring-Mass Model at the World Congress of Sports and Exercise Medicine he was presented with an Honorary Fellowship Award by a member of the royal family, the Sultan of Pahang, for his distinguished research and contributions to the advancement of Sports and Exercise Medicine on an International level. He was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Personal Trainers Hall of Fame in 2012.
Dr Stoxen has a big reputation in the entertainment industry working as a doctor for over 150 tours of elite entertainers, caring for over 1000 top celebrity entertainers and their handlers. Anthony Field or the popular children’s entertainment group, The Wiggles, wrote a book, How I Got My Wiggle Back detailing his struggles with chronic pain and clinical depression he struggled with for years. Dr Stoxen is proud to be able to assist him.
Full Bio) Dr Stoxen can be reached directly at teamdoctors@aol.com
