A member asked:

Current diagnosis is thoracic outlet syndrome. 8 months ago i had 2 cort. trigger point injctns. (where neck meets shoulder)-got 2 days full relief. normal?

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Dr. Mark Weston answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Injections: If your symptoms where relieved by only two trigger point injx you dont have tos be thankful.'tos is a diagnosis of exclusion of a collection of subjective sensations with clinical overlap with a number of other similar syndromes result after injx implies active trigger points as diagnosis.

Answered 5/17/2013

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Correlation: Often adds further evidence of presence of pathology inferior to the scalene muscles, and may support in part, a diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome. Often find that pts who respond well to such an injection, are real good candidates for successful conservative or surgical interventions.

Answered 9/29/2016

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