{"id":180796,"date":"2026-08-17T07:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pabau.com\/?p=180796"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:39:22","slug":"brachial-neuritis-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pabau.com\/fr\/blog\/brachial-neuritis-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Brachial neuritis exercises: What to do in each phase"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brachial neuritis exercises run in phases: passive motion first, active control next, resistance work last.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Nerve gliding helps, but only in the subacute phase and only under a physical therapist’s supervision.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Overhead pressing, pull-ups, and forced end-range stretching set patients back during the first four months.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Strength testing and EMG findings decide when a patient progresses, not the calendar.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Practice management software like Pabau keeps strength grades, home program handouts, and review dates in one record.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n\n

A patient sits down in your treatment room with a shoulder that’s stopped burning and a deltoid that’s visibly wasted. Three weeks ago, urgent care called it a rotator cuff strain. What you’re actually looking at is brachial neuritis, and the exercise plan depends entirely on which phase the nerve is in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start exercises too early and you aggravate a nerve that’s still inflamed. Wait too long and preventable atrophy sets in. Getting that sequence right, phase by phase, is what decides whether the shoulder comes all the way back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is brachial neuritis?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brachial neuritis, also called Parsonage-Turner syndrome or neuralgic amyotrophy, is an acute inflammatory condition of the brachial plexus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It presents as sudden, severe, one-sided shoulder and arm pain. Weakness and muscle atrophy follow within days to weeks, in the distribution of the affected nerves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCBI StatPearls<\/a> puts the reported incidence at approximately 1 in 1,000 individuals, well above older estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The condition is immune-mediated in most cases. Known triggers include viral illness, vaccination, surgery, physical trauma, and periods of intense stress. In many patients, no trigger is ever identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biphasic pattern is the clinical giveaway. Intense pain comes first, often described as burning or stabbing. Weakness then emerges as that pain begins to settle. Wasting can be visible within weeks if rehab has not started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pain comes first, then the weakness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The presentation follows a predictable sequence, which makes it recognizable once you have seen it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n