Long thoracic nerve palsy Earlier in the year, I had an interesting nerve traction injury present to my clinic. The 17 year old football player had been in a go cart accident where he was hit directly laterally or t-boned on the drivers R side. He was fine getting out of the cart and maybe felt a bit of a twinge to his R shoulder when the accident happened. The next morning however, his R shoulder was dropped and his scapula was winging (sticking out from his back/rib cage). He presented to my c

Long thoracic nerve palsyEarlier in the year, I had an interesting nerve traction injury present to my clinic. The 17 year old football player had been in a go cart accident where he was hit directly laterally or t-boned on the drivers R side. He was fine getting out of the cart and maybe felt a bit of a twinge to his R shoulder when the accident happened. The next morning however, his R shoulder was dropped and his scapula was winging (sticking out from his back/rib cage). He presented to my