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Having a brachial plexus injury or a child with a brachial plexus injury is devastating news especially to any new parent. You need knowledge, support, and direction to immediately become involved in your or your child’s recovery and help improve overall functional outcome. This requires determination, hope, and education. Our team of experts at the Texas Brachial Plexus Institute is here to help. We have built this web site as a place where you can find answers to some of your questions and to connect with other patients and families facing the same challenges. But, more importantly, we're here to evaluate your situation and help you develop a plan for treatment that leads to the best outcome for you. If you’re facing a brachial plexus injury and need help, please contact us today.
The goal of brachial plexus surgery is to restore form and function to those patients affected by this injury. Reconstructive procedures may involve the nerves, bones, tendons, muscles, blood vessels, and skin of the affected arm. Upon initial evaluation, each patient undergoes a meticulous...
After being diagnosed with a brachial plexus injury, patients, whether they have had surgery or not, are carefully followed with serial examinations, enabling us to monitor their progress. If there is a plateau in progress despite the best efforts of patient, parents, and therapist, surgery needs to be considered.
An adult brachial plexus injury is usually the result of trauma to the neck and shoulder areas and is usually much more severe than in children. The mechanism of injury is similar to that in children, a lateral traction injury to the brachial plexus nerves in the neck causing damage to the nerves and a loss of function.
The goal of physical therapy in treating patients with brachial plexus injuries is to maximize functional recovery, increase physical strength, reduce compensatory substitutions, and restore form and developmental growth.