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Originally Posted by WPOZZZ
I hate nerve blocks. They kill all the pain, but you have no use of that limb as well. How did you move around if the nerve block lasted 2 days? I had the nerve block for my 2 shoulder surgeries and my whole arm was useless until it wore off. I had to move my arm with my other hand and there was no sensation of touch. I cold poke my arm with a fork and it was as if I was poking a bag of rice or something not attached to me.
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You had an interscalene brachial plexus block (placed on the side of your neck as the nerves exit your spine). Your shoulder is proximal to the rest of your arm so the nerves feeding it are too. Blocking the conduction of signals takes out transmission (sensation and movement to varying degrees) of everything distal to that block.
If it were your hand needing surgery, a more distal block could spare the rest of your arm as it did his foot with what was most likely a block placed in his foot or ankle but possibly a little higher on his leg.
The advantages of blocks are numerous but not without risks or disadvantages.