Quote Originally Posted by Tokie View Post
DH has "thoracic outlet syndrome"(diagnosed by his MD) - when he reaches up to the bar on the weight machine for the Lat pull down machine - he gets very dizzy and starts to black out. He can't do the lat pull down machine because of this! Is the position your arm was in similar to doing a lat pull down? Might be interesting to google thoracic outlet syndrome and see if it matches your situation. Tokie

That makes sense-I looked it up in wikipedia. My husband is a mechanic and has issues with having his arms extended over his head, but has to do it anyway. According to Wikipedia, musicians who play instruments get it too, but to a lesser extent. I've played the flute for more than 30 years!