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I had open heart surgery and since back to work I have stinging in chest wall

I work as a nurse and push a med cart and constantly bending and using lever to rotate bed up and down and the heaviness and stings stays do
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There may have been a nerve injury during surgery. Nerves recover very, very slowly and it can take months or even years to stop.
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