Dr James Stoxen DC., FSSEMM (hon) FWSSEMDr 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 […]
Dr James Stoxen DC., FSSEMM (hon) FWSSEMDr 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 […]
Dr James Stoxen DC., FSSEMM (hon) FWSSEMDr 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 […]
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The optimum management of TOS requires an understanding of the underlying cause(s) of the neurovascular compression or tension (1). Don’t you hate when doctors give you a treatment without determining the cause? Regardless if you have a work injury, auto accident, sports injury, repetitive motion, poor posture, or even cervical ribs, there is usually only […]
When you are involved in an auto accident, there is a traumatic shift of the neck, upper back, shoulder, rib cage, and even jaw. You can suffer chronic pain for a lifetime. Most sports, work, and auto injuries involve a similar injury cycle. There is a period of pain, stiffness (compression), and sometimes compressed nerves, […]
Cervical Ribs are Conditions You Are Born with or Anomalies (Cervical Ribs, Elongated Bones) Cervical ribs are an extra set of ribs at the top of the rib cage. There can also be partial ribs or elongated prominences, called thoracic processes, that doctors think can compress the outlet. It is rare for patients with an […]
Research suggests that thoracic outlet syndrome most frequently occurs following a single episode of neck trauma such as a sports injury. Motor vehicle accidents resulting in whiplash are the most common causes of neck injuries with approximately 1,000,000 per year in the United States (3). An acute injury of the muscles and joints will stimulate […]
Muscle Origin: The subclavius originates from the junction of the first rib and its cartilage. Muscle Insertion: The subclavius inserts on the inferior surface of the middle of the clavicle. Muscle Action: The subclavius action is to depress the clavicle (collarbone). When the subclavius is in an abnormally contracted state, it draws the clavicle […]
When you reach your arm and hand outside perpendicular for longer than a few minutes, you are engaging a sustained contraction of muscles that depress and compress the shoulder down into the thoracic outlet and tunnel. When you reach out your arm to manipulate an object in front of you, a series of muscle contractions […]
