by Alex
(BC, Canada)
by Kayla A
(California )
Back in october of 2014 my back was stepped on causing a shoulder injury. After a few hours of pain and limited movement I felt it pop and the pain went away (for the most part). I wore a sling for a week and called it good.
A few months later I woke up with the same shoulder pain. Again a few hours later I felt it pop and it felt better again. Wore a sling for a week and called it good.
After that the pain never went away so sometime in march I went to the doctors. The first doctor took an xray said I was fine and not to come back. After I went to the er and they gave me narcos and an immobilizer. A couple days after that the pain had grew a lot worse so I went to a different doctor. They did a rotator cuff injury, which I passed, and gave me a referral for a physical therapist.
I went to one twice a week for a month and it had helped somewhat in the mean time, but after I stopped the pain came back and has never left since.
It's now 18 months later and I have to deal with this pain pretty much 24/7. I do home exercising and ice it but nothing helps and neither does ibuprofen, advil, etc.
The pain is located mainly on and below my scapula, travels up the side of my neck, completely around my shoulder/collarbone, down to the middle of my ribs (just on the back though) and down mid arm.
I'm beginning to develop lower back pain which I think actually might be because of this issue.
Please help. I'm 17, I shouldn't have to be dealing with this. Oh, also, I have normal mobility, just a lot of pain.
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I'm in a job that requires an excessive amount of manual labor. Some of my tasks are to dig holes for foundations 3ft by 3ft by 4 ft deep. When digging that deep, trying to scoop dirt out hole, my collar bone begin to ache. Pain feels like it's in my rotator cuff area and at times pops while digging. I've been routinely off and on digging for about 8 years. Nights become uncomfortable because I can't lay on my right shoulder. By the way I'm right handed and my right shoulder is the problem.
So for the job that I work I have to hold a 2 pound heat gun over my head and go up and down to my waist all day every day. I have worked there for seven years then began to have what felt like tendinitis in my arm and I thought I had carpel tunnel at that point too.
I went to the doctor through Worker's Comp. and they had me start doing occupational therapy; for some reason I did that for eight weeks and it didn't help anything. Then they sent me to a specialist and he referred me to physical therapy for four weeks. That just made it worse.
I begged my doctor through Worker's Comp. for an MRI on my shoulder and they wouldn't give me one so they sent me to a chiropractor. The chiropractor thinks it is my rotator cuff and she thinks that she can help me.
I am seriously hoping this will help because it has gone on for seven or eight months of unbelievable pain. I'm wondering if the chiropractor will help me or if I need surgery? Back before I went to occupational therapy they gave me a Cortisone shot in my elbow. Someone please give me some insight.
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by Kristian ukah
(Calabar, Nigeria)
T1 Dermatome
For quite some time, i have been presented with pains on my right shoulder muscle. i cannot raise my arm above 70 degrees without feeling the pains. recently i started noticing some tingling on the same arm intermittently. the sensation has moved a bit to the back of the shoulder. what can be the cause and remedy?
by Austin
(Prineville, Oregon)
I am a retired Army Combat Medic. I was retired at 23 and am now 26.
SX 1. I was diagnosed with tendonosis L elbow by the army however their (Army and VA) diagnosis' are often a check the block diagnosis. The L elbow started before all other Sx and was initially treated through RICE and occupational therepy. As soon as I put it back to work the pain and weakness returned.
I went from maxing my physical tests to having the inability to hand someone a glass of water with an outstretched hand and it's my dominant side. There is a specific location of painin my elbow ulnar side, on top. Hand grip unaffected. ROM limited with an outstretched arm nomatter the direction.
SX 2. Numbness and tingling in the fingers especially in the ring and little finger. Seem to be more susceptible to cold, including feet.
SX 3. The worst Sx yet is my L Shoulder pain. It ranges from limiting, distracting, debilitating, and excruciating. I constantly and flailing my arms about feeling the need to stretch it or create space to relieve pressure on the nerve or to have someone apply pressure to loosen the muscles.. Once while having a friend apply pressure with their elbow we both felt as if something had burst inside my shoulder (like a water balloon. It was not painful and was actually kinda relieving. pulling my shoulders back is painful.
Sx 4. Bilateral neck pain, primarily on the L side. Stiffness and swelling trailing from the neck to the shoulder. pinpoint pain location with the urge to "grind", rotate neck, stretch for and aft and to the Right.
Medical diagnosis' that apply; Sarcoidosis of the lungs and lymph nodes, tendonosis L elbow.
It seems no medications relieve the pain (unless euphoria is achieved). Have tried naprosyn, motrin, etodolac, Norco, cannabis, flexiril, mobic and indocin.
According to federal doctors there is nothing to note from x-rays, or Ct Scans. Other commonly experienced Sx include loss of balance, fatigue (even after full rest and a "biblical diet" [organic vegetarian, constant urge to pop joints in fingers sand wrists (bilateral).
I guess what I am seeking from you would just be your opinion of likely causes to all this. I feel I cannot trust the answers from my providers due to possible government secrets/weapons/cover-ups. A hollistic med provider I sought thought possibly heavy metal poisoning (I have SEVERAL fillings and some have begun to break down) and or Lyme disease.
Like I said I am now 26 and am experiencing pains and stiffness like I'm 70. Prior I had always been very fit and I am still very active most days.
I know you can't diagnose via email but your opinion is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and if any more information is needed I will do the best I can't to provide it.
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