The same thing happend to me when I was sleeping with my arm around my wife.  
She
turned over and pulled my arm virtually out of its socket.  It regained its
strength and it lost its numbness after a few weeks.

Marshall

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> I could be sumpthin' or it could be nothin'.
> It happened to me over ten years ago. I was doing pushups during a Kung-fu
> warmup, when my left arm collapsed as you described.
> Went to a chiropractor who examined me and took x-rays. He told me it was a
> pinched nerve in my shoulder. I recovered without treatment. The problem 
> lasted
> 3 days.
>                                                         Chuck
> What hair color do they put on the drivers licenses of bald men?
>
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:01:10 +0930, "Judith Thamm" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Dear Group,
> >
> >I had a very strange thing happen today - about 11 am.  Visiting friends for
> >a cuppa and chat, was sitting and I lifted up my left arm, when I went to
> >lower it it just flopped down onto my lap.  I did the same thing again -
> >same thing happened.  Then I found if I didn't hold my hand, my arm would
> >just fall off my lap and flop down by my side.  I could lift it up, but I
> >could not control it going down.
> >
> >Now I'm not one to panic, I thought for  a few minutes.  I do have trouble
> >walking, my legs don't move easily, but I never have loss of control.  When
> >I get too tired I have some guarana or a mix of guarana and siberian ginseng
> >and I get enough energy to get going again.  As I had some capsules of
> >guarana in my bag, I took 2 [1 gram] and as it began to work in 10-15 mins
> >time, I regained control of my arm.  Can someone explain what happened when
> >I lost control?  It is now 8pm Friday and I've had no more problem.
>
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