I workout with heavy weights and also smoke marijuana. Lately, I ve had a tingling pain in my left arm that s worse when I workout or smoke? The pain is now everyday all the time and starts in my upper left shoulder/armpit/lung? and goes thru the painful elbow and tingles all the way to my left hand.Any ideas? I have an apt with my doc next Wed., but the pain is getting worse and all of a sudden today I have all day diarrhea, can t really eat and body aches (along with the left side tingles/pain). Also - sometimes when I breath in deep - it hurts or I hear cracking/popping in my back/chest?? I m getting worried....
Hi, thank you for providing the brief history of you. A thorough neuromuscular assessment is advised. As mentioned in your symptoms about the tingling and pain from the shoulder till the hand I suspect it to be a soft tissue injury @ the cervical spine. As this is the classical symptoms as per the clinical assessment for nerve impingement. Also, undergoing and MRI of the cervical spine will help reveal more about the soft tissues. Treatment is simple - undergoing physical therapy will help reduce the pain by the use of therapeutic ultrasound therapy and TENS therapy. Later stages exercises will be taught to strengthen the muscles. In my clinical practice I see this cases most often, and they respond to physical therapy well. In 2-3 weeks of physical therapy 99% progress is seen. RegardsJay In Chat Doctor. 