A 31-year-old male, right-hand dominant, presents to clinic for evaluation of left arm injury. He was involved in a motor vehicle accident 1 week prior in which he also sustained multiple rib fractures as well as a splenic laceration for which he was treated with IR embolization. He denies any weakness or numbness/tingling of the hand. Of note, he is supposed to go to Japan in 4 weeks for work.
No significant past medical history.
Focused physical examination of the left upper extremity reveals mild swelling and bruising of the left arm without any open wounds. He has tenderness to palpation over the humeral shaft. He is neurovascularly intact.