Intense shoulder pain / maybe 'frozen shoulder

[Surrey Towers]

It really is very painful indeed. Anti inflams do not work. Sleep is spasmodic and dreaming is very marked, I suppose because of shallow sleep - if any. X-Ray shows no fractures.

Any ideas please?

[johnriketes]

Arthritis? Just a guess.

[Old Smokey]

Capsulitis? Been doing any unaccustomed overhead stretching of your arm lately? Tennis, painting the ceiling, etc...............

Yours truly has suffered from this when engaging in the above type activities, a Cortizone shot (NOT TOO MANY) will work wonders.

Regards,

Old Smokey

[gingernut]

The management will depend on the history.

In the absence of injury, and if the onset of symptoms is less than 2 weeks, it's probably best to intervene as little as possible at this stage.

X-rays are generally unhelpful.

Talk to your quack about pain relief.

[Avitor]

I had chronic shoulder pain, for months, it became intense. In desperation, I asked a friend to massage my back and neck.

It worked. It was like awaking from a bad dream...... MASSAGE.


A tip....I was sitting upright in a chair during the massage.

[Surrey Towers]

It seems that I have a Rotator Cuff problem, which did show up in the X-ray. It just took time for the info to get to me.

I am to have a meet with a doctor more than a little familiar with this type of injury and I can expect a cortizone injection - I am told.

Anything, to get rid of this pain!!

[Loose rivets]

In the absence of injury, and if the onset of symptoms is less than 2 weeks, it's probably best to intervene as little as possible at this stage.

X-rays are generally unhelpful.

Very important. Do what gingernut says !! Do not have it manipulated.*

IF it turns out to be a frozen shoulder, then the average GP would...or at least would have in the past, said put up with it for a couple of years. Yep, that's not a mistake.

A place called the Frozen shoulder clinic, started in Highgate, north London. I think what they do is to stimulate the fluid back into the encapsulation. They have had phenomenal success.

*They now teach chiropractors and osteopaths their procedures. So it is possible to have their methods used in other towns.

I will be pleased to forward their details if you can not find them. They have also published a book with instructions on... well, more or less, DIY treatment.

Our book is in the UK but I can get the number if needed.

[Panther]

Frozen shoulder.

i had a "frozen shoulder" a while back and was also diagnosed with a rotator cuff injury had physio and the problem did not go away.The pain was so bad that a young medic panicked and thought I was in the middle of a cardiac arrest, it certainly was incredibly painful!

Have you been taking and then stopped taking any strong medications (analgesics) recently?

I ask because I at the time had been (for chronic lower back pain) taking dihydrocodeine, and then had stopped. It was only very recently that I have discovered that I have a low tolerence to some opoid and non opoid drugs, which do really wierd things to you when you come off them. In my case I am convinced that my "frozen arm/shoulder" pain was a reaction to coming off the dihydrocodeine. I only found this out when I was coming off tramadol after extended use of that drug after a serious injury and that gave me upper back and neck pain which again was horrendous.

Just a thought, but it might be worth looking at.

Hope you feel better soon.