Golf swings look different with a brachial plexus injury

Adapting to primarily using his right arm, Deonte is living a fulfilled life as a parent, manual laborer, and recreational golfer. Deonte sustained multiple injuries from a motorcycle accident, including damage to his brachial plexus, a group of nerves that run from the neck and along the shoulder. A brachial plexus injury affects the nerves in the shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist, and fingers.

Often times, brachial plexus injuries prohibit the ability to feel and touch objects, ability to move parts of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, and fingers, and burning, pain, or tingling. Christopher Dy, MD, MPH, performed nerve transfers to treat the brachial plexus injury, and now Deonte has function of his left arm. He's so thankful to Dr. Dy and the team for their expertise in this area.