Musculocutaneous Nerve Injury

Definition:
Damage, harm, or loss to the musculocultaneous nerve particularly as the result of external force.
Purchase 3 Phases

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

Purchase Phase

  • 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

Purchase Phase

  • 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

Purchase Phase

  • Push Ups
  • Hummers
  • Sumo Flies 3 Positions
  • Wall Slides
  • Prone Rows
  • Single Arm Push Up Holds
  • Push Up Hand Fire