Musculocutaneous Nerve Injury
Definition:
Damage, harm, or loss to the musculocultaneous nerve particularly as the result of external force.
Symptoms- Weakness of elbow flexion and supination of the forearm
- Decreased biceps reflex
- Decreased sensation on the outside of forearm
Causes- Compression due to hypertrophy or entrapment between the biceps aponeurosis and brachialis fascia
- Injured through stretch as occurs in dislocations and sometimes in surgery
- Stretched during a throwing injury
- Wearing a heavy backpack
Treatment- ROM and strethching
- Soft tissue massage
- Upper extremity strengthening
Musculocutaneous Nerve Injury Phase I
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- Passive Shoulder Internal Rotation
- Armpit To Wall
- Foam Wedge In Flexion
- Foam Wedge In Abduction
- Passive Shoulder Abduction
- Thoracic Stretch III
- T Band Wall Push W ER
- Standing Posture
- Sitting Posture
Musculocutaneous Nerve Injury Phase II
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- Curl Press
- Wrist Pronation Supination
- Rice Hand Opening Closing
- Wrist Extension
- Prone Rotator Cuff Circuit
- Superman Holds
- Shoulder Ext Rot Scap Plane 90 Abd
- Push Up Hold Top
- Down Dog
Musculocutaneous Nerve Injury Phase III
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- Push Ups
- Hummers
- Sumo Flies 3 Positions
- Wall Slides
- Prone Rows
- Single Arm Push Up Holds
- Push Up Hand Fire
