Could I have a frozen shoulder? or what else?
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Over the last couple of weeks I have experienced quite severe pain which seems to be coming from deep inside my right shoulder. This pain lasts a few hours and is very uncomfortable (stopped me sleeping last night) but goes as quickly as it comes. I would liken the pain to dental pain but it doesn't seem to restrict movement at all.
There doesn't seem to be a particular thing that triggers the pain, last night i was lying in bed, last week i was the passenger in a car when it came on.
Could this be a "frozen shoulder" starting or what else could it be? I haven't done anything recently where i might have obviously damaged my shoulder.
There doesn't seem to be a particular thing that triggers the pain, last night i was lying in bed, last week i was the passenger in a car when it came on.
Could this be a "frozen shoulder" starting or what else could it be? I haven't done anything recently where i might have obviously damaged my shoulder.
CAPP0 said:
I have very similar symptoms to you (the "toothache" description fits it perfectly) and it also comes and goes, but I know mine was caused by a skiing fall just over 3 weeks ago. It has taken a while to work my way through the AxaPPP system but I have an appointment with a consultant this evening. I'll report back - but if you don't recall damaging yours then it may be another issue. I did see a physio and he said that if I didn't get this looked at and sorted, THEN it could lead to frozen shoulder, and in his words, "you don't want that" - so maybe yours is not frozen yet, but it looks like you ought to get it looked at.
Cheers, I deal with doctors at work on a daily basis. I think when I am back on Thurs i will ask one for their thoughts. Will be quicker than the three weeks it will take to get an appointment.Squiggs said:
A frozen shoulder restricts arm movement and gives you pain like you never thought possible - I read in a couple of places accounts of the pain and women who had had a frozen shoulder said the pain is worse than child birth!
I first noticed pain throwing a ball for the dog and put it down to a pulled muscle. A few months on and I couldn't lift my hand above my head. I had two cortisone/saline injections into the shoulder joint, physio and pain killers but nothing helped.
Sleeping was the worst. I kept waking the missis with my sudden crying out. ..... once comfy the slightest movement resulted in pain!!! If I did fall asleep my arm used to go numb (like severe pins and needles but without the sensation of pins and needles) and I had to use my other hand to move it - and the pain!!!!!!!
Putting on a shirt or tee shirt was agony and I had to be helped into a coat.
2 years on and whilst I don't get any pain now I still haven't got full movement back.
So I just hope for your sake that it isn't a frozen shoulder and that if it is it can be caught early enough to let the cortisone/saline injections help.
Good luck fella
Its nowhere near as bad as you describe, theres no restriction of movement at all at the minute and its not even hurting either.I first noticed pain throwing a ball for the dog and put it down to a pulled muscle. A few months on and I couldn't lift my hand above my head. I had two cortisone/saline injections into the shoulder joint, physio and pain killers but nothing helped.
Sleeping was the worst. I kept waking the missis with my sudden crying out. ..... once comfy the slightest movement resulted in pain!!! If I did fall asleep my arm used to go numb (like severe pins and needles but without the sensation of pins and needles) and I had to use my other hand to move it - and the pain!!!!!!!
Putting on a shirt or tee shirt was agony and I had to be helped into a coat.
2 years on and whilst I don't get any pain now I still haven't got full movement back.
So I just hope for your sake that it isn't a frozen shoulder and that if it is it can be caught early enough to let the cortisone/saline injections help.
Good luck fella
I am dreading going to bed tonight though in case it starts playing up again.
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