Jennifer’s 12 Year Journey Through Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Daily Vomiting & Diarrhea, Difficulty Sleeping, and Depression For more than four decades in clinical practice, I have evaluated some of the most complex cases of chronic neck pain, chronic shoulder pain, and combined chronic neck and shoulder pain. Yet few stories demonstrate the devastating effects of […]

The Roads That Failed By the time Helen reached her late forties, she had become what the medical system quietly turns many long-term pain patients into: an expert patient. She didn’t want the title. She didn’t ask for the education. But pain is a ruthless teacher, and she had been forced to learn the language […]

I first met Anastasia during one of the most physically and emotionally overwhelming periods of her life. She was a mother working from home—like millions during the pandemic—shifting between caring for her children, managing a demanding remote workload, and unknowingly placing her body under a pattern of strain that would eventually trigger one of the […]

When Anna Tori Smith arrived at my clinic, I immediately recognized the unmistakable posture and facial expression of a patient who had been fighting for her life for far too long. Her body carried the physical story of a long battle with systemic inflammation, circulatory compromise, and the deep structural collapse that can follow years […]

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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 […]