Treatment for Brachial Plexus Stingers: also known as stingers or burners in Augusta GA

Treatment for Brachial Plexus Stingers: also known as stingers or burners in Augusta GA

A Burner or Stinger is an intensely painful nerve injury which most often occurs in contact or collision sports like football, wrestling, and snow skiing. A stinger or burner is actually an injury to a group of nerves known as the brachial plexus that include the nerve roots extending from spinal vertebrae C5 and continuing through T1.

What is a brachial plexus stinger?

A brachial plexus stinger is an injury to the nerve bundle that results in transient paralysis and paresthesia (loss of sensation) of the entire arm.  Although frightening for the athlete, the transient paralysis and paresthesia usually resolves quickly within minutes.  However, more serious brachial plexus stingers can result in damage to the nerve itself with neurological deficits lasting up to one year.

What are the symptoms?

Burners and Stingers are neck injuries that cause acute pain that feels like a burning, pinching, or shock running from the base of the skull to the shoulder or along the neck. Usually this pain is quite intense, but subsides quickly. In addition to an acute pain and shock from the shoulder down into the arm and fingers, there may be numbness, burning, or weakness in the arm, hand, and fingers.

How do I get treated?

Nonsurgical treatment methods and methods that are side-effect free from prescription medications are always the best options to try first.  Many professional athletes and Olympians rely on the least invasive forms of treatment on a regular basis for pain management as well as peak performace.  An experienced chiropractor in Augusta GA trained to treat sports-specific injuries are the best avenues to pursue first.  At Georgia Clinic of Chiropractic we have great success in treating stingers, and we are able to customize treatment based not only on a patient’s specific condition, but also on the sport they are involved in, to prevent future injuries and enhance performance. 

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Georgia Clinic of Chiropractic successfully treats a wide range of athletes, creating customized treatments based on the athlete’s sport, current condtion as well as performance goals.  All treatments are researched and tailored to each patient in an individualized environment.  Our treatments are not only spine-specific, but also extremity-specific, allowing parts of the body such as a knee or ankle, to receive condition-specific treatments as well.

Augusta GA Chiropractors Georgia Clinic of Chiropractic provides customized chiropractic care to the Augusta, Martinez, and Evans GA communities. Visit our main website at www.georgia-clinic.com for customized chiropractic in Augusta GA.

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The Georgia Clinic of Chiropractic Blog is written by Dr. Mark Huntsman.