Help...so much pain in my shoulder...?!
Question: My shoulder has been incredibly painful on and off for about three months now. I have been to see two doctors....the first said it could be a muscle spasm and gave me anti-inflammatories and said that he couldnt diagnose further without an x ray....
The second didnt know what it was either and said to go back to the original GP
Basically, it hurts all along my collar bone and then spreads around the shoulder and down past my arm and to my wrist onsome really bad occasions. I have not damaged it or had an accident so that is ruled out. Only 21 and so I do not think it is frozen shoulder.
what is it?
Answers: My shoulder has been incredibly painful on and off for about three months now. I have been to see two doctors....the first said it could be a muscle spasm and gave me anti-inflammatories and said that he couldnt diagnose further without an x ray....
The second didnt know what it was either and said to go back to the original GP
Basically, it hurts all along my collar bone and then spreads around the shoulder and down past my arm and to my wrist onsome really bad occasions. I have not damaged it or had an accident so that is ruled out. Only 21 and so I do not think it is frozen shoulder.
what is it?
Its a pinched nerve in your neck. Maybe a herniated or slipped disc. Al tho the pressure is in the neck the pain travels down along the length of the nerve. Treatment is non steroidal anti inflammatories, physical therapy, rest, steroid injections, tincture of time. You should probably have an MRI or CT scan of the neck to be sure that is what it is. Sometimes they get better with time and sometimes they become chronic or worsen. Surgery is the final resort.
See an orthopedist. It could be a pinched nerve or bursitis.