What are the causes of a brachial plexus injury?
Injury to this nerve complex is common in people who play contact sports and is also known as a ‘burner’ or ‘stinger’. It is caused by a traumatic stretching or compression of the brachial plexus during high contact sports like rugby and football. Other causes of brachial plexus injury involve a fall on the shoulder, a car crash accident and a motorcycle accident. Brachial plexus symptoms The main symptom is burning pain originating in the neck and extending to the arm. There may be numbness or weakness in the arm. The distribution of the symptoms depends on the position of the injury. JMW is one of the UK ’s leading personal injury solicitors (see Chambers Guide To The Legal Profession). Each year we recover in excess of £10 million in personal injury compensation for our clients who have been injured in all types of accident including car crash accidents, accidents at work, accidents in public places and clinical negligence. Our breadth of experience covers all type and severity of i
