Im a waitress and have really bad shoulder pains, what are good ways to help it go away?
actually its pretty cool but at cracker barrel once ive been with them for 30 days they have an medical and its really good. i should probably go see that doctor but when i complained about shoulder problems when i was younger i was always given motrin and even went to physical therapy. as soon as i can though im going to go to another doctor and see what they recommend
Severe shoulder pain?
i have severe pain in my shoulder. it's getting so if i walk the friction is enough to make it spasm. it's not frozen, i can move it but the joint pops up and down. i've tried doing little exercises to build up the rotator cuff muscles, i've tried more general shoulder exercises, the more i move it the worse it is. especially if i lift above my head, and not immediate pain but like it builds up and eventually is so bad i have to stay in bed and it makes me sick. the doctors that have examined me have only looked at me, and done xrays, no MRI scan. i have had it for a year, i've had injections. put cold on it, rested it, moved it. if anything it's more severe. i am seeing a physio soon, but i dont know if i should be resting it or moving it. when moving it makes it so bad. what should i do??
Really bad shoulder pain! Help?
Hi, I am a physical therapist. Shoulder pain can come from a number of different sources. It can be the joint itself, soft tissue (muscles, tendons, bursae), and can even be caused by an issue in the neck region. Some simple things you can do include avoiding any activity that causes pain, utilize ice 10 minutes at a time a few times a day, and avoid sleeping on the involved shoulder. If the pain continues, seek help from an orthopedic doctor. To learn more about shoulder issues including specific treatment options, visit the link below. Good luck. ~JTrempe PT, ATC
Is this really true that if you have very bad shoulder pain, it can be a sign of lung cancer? The article also said the same about knee pain.
(Various types of) lung cancer can present in a myriad of ways. I’ve treated two patients in the last few months whose lung cancer presented with shoulder pain.One of these had what is known as a Pancoast tumor. Her pain started as a minor ache which she mainly felt at night, then progressed to the point where she used ibuprofen during the day - every day. She saw her primary care doctor who gave her a steroid dose pack and when that didn’t help, he sent her for a shoulder x-ray. Just on the edge of the shoulder x-ray, the radiologist saw a mass in the apex of the lung. A CT scan showed a classic Pancoast tumor, which starts in the superior sulcus of the lung, where the nerves pass that go the the shoulder and arm. The pain required high doses of narcotics by the time it had been biopsied and staged. She saw a surgeon who thought it was not resectable, then saw me for radiation therapy. Her Medical Oncologist gave her weekly chemotherapy while I gave her 7 weeks of daily radiation therapy treatments. By the end of treatment, her pain was much improved (due to shrinkage of the mass - taking pressure off of the nerves). Three months later, her PET scan showed no more activity and we will continue to follow her as time goes on.The other patient had a relatively small (garden variety) primary lung cancer, but it had spread via the blood stream to his cervical spine, squeezing the nerves going to the shoulder region. (When a nerve is compressed as it exits the spine, we experience pain as though it was coming from the place that nerve normally innervates.) This patient, like the one above, actually had nothing at all wrong with the bones or muscles of their shoulder - but they both presented with shoulder pain.I’ve seen countless patients during my career who have presented with shoulder pain because the cancer had spread to the scapula (shoulder blade) or upper humerus (upper arm bone) - or to the spine at the level where the nerves go to the shoulder - or along the path of those nerves - like those described above. I’ve also seen it present as pain in every other bone in the body - as well as arthritis in every joint (due to a paraneoplastic process called hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy) - but I digress.Obviously, there are a lot more common causes of shoulder pain than cancer, but when someone has unremitting, continually worsening pain in any part of the body, cancer is always in the differential diagnosis.
How do I get relief from shoulder pain?
I feel like most muscle pain can be helped or at least give relief by topical pain relief products. My brother has been a pitcher for a college team back in his younger days. He used to get really bad shoulder pain and had to sit out many of the games because the recovery time took too long and his pitching ended up suffering from it. A couple years ago, I was painting my house and fell off of a ladder. When I landed, I severely injured my shoulder and couldn’t sleep because of the pain. I called my brother and he told me about a technique he used from a coach that helped me recover quicker. He said to take a hot shower and let the warm water run over your shoulders. Letting the warm water run under the bottom side of your arm and rub your arm, while working the muscles and receiving the warm damp heat. The shoulder pain and arm pain (for me) kinda go hand in hand.While your in the shower/bath, let a bath towel soak in hot water - NOT SCALDING (very important).When you come out of the shower/bath, dry off, you should rub Absorbine Jr. | Home and over your shoulders, You'll want to do this while the pours of your skin are still open from the shower/bath.DO NOT not apply Absorbine Jr. under your arms (arm pits), nor on the neck or face, and not on the groin area (trust me I learned the hard way).After the Absorbine Jr. has been rubbed in, take the hot towel that's been soaking in hot water. Use a face towel to wring out the hot water - that way you won't be grabbing on to the hot water - the face towel will insulate your hands. Now wrap the hot towel gently around your shoulder and arm by first draping the towel over your shoulder and back so about 12 inches hangs of your shoulder blade.This warm moist heat combined with the Absorbine Jr. | Home that rubbed in well, will offer a relaxing condition to your muscles that will not only promote a great bounce back -for the next day. but you'll be far more sensitive to strains and other conditions that you wouldn't feel otherwise.This method that he taught me made all the difference.So try it for yourself and I hope it works like it did for me.
What should I do if my shoulders are really tense, and hurts because of it when I cannot afford to go to a spa and get a massage?
The very first thing, per my question comments, is to have a physician examine you, in order to take a full history and perform needed neurological/orthopedic examinations that will rule out deeper injury, like a fracture of the spinal vertebrae, or a tear/lesion to the spinal cord, nerve root, or deep ligaments of the spine: these would require additional medications and/or procedures other than what I recommend here.If your physician has given you a green light to pursue therapy, but you do not have the insurance or funds to do so, here are some steps you can take to try to treat yourself - although you need to keep in touch with your examining physician,especially if these techniques don't work, or most especially, if they make symptoms worse! This will help the physician and therapist determine on a more precise level what is happening with your body, and what steps to take next in an attempt to relive your pain.You have stated that your main pain is in the area where your neck meets your shoulders. If there is no other cause for this (neurological, etc.), then you may consider that the muscles/connective tissue (myofascia) in the area is causing it, and there are ways you can work on that tissue yourself to eliminate that pain. The most common cause of pain in the area where the neck meets the shoulders, one that makes it painful to turn the head to that side, is the muscle called levator scapula. This sucker is responsible for a great deal of neck/shoulder pain, and what used to be called "wry-neck", where you can't turn your head toward the affected side without pain. Here's the pattern:The "x"s in this image show the most likely areas of a muscle knot, or trigger point, that compression to will result (if active) in pain within the region depicted in red. I have already posted an answer about how to release/relax the trigger points in a similar muscle that has trigger points in this area - upper trapezius, so rather than rehashing that answer, I'll post the link here:Kate Simmons's answer to How can I reduce knots in my shoulders (trapezius muscles)? Are there self-massage techniques I can use? What are the appropriate stretches?The message is that, you can probably release this "muscle knot" or trigger point yourself successfully. But if it keeps recurring, you really need to see a good physician and therapist to stop the cycle and heal the tissue, or you risk a permanent problem - not worth it! Good luck!
Help shoulder pain?
Mention this to your OB/GYN. It's most likely (and unfortunately) thoracic nerve pressure or even carpal tunnel syndrome; swelling and extra fluids in your system can compress the nerves, causing pain in strange places. And while there are exercises you can do to try to minimize the pressure, there really is nothing besides Tylenol you can do for the pain. But occasionally shoulder pain is a sign of something more worrisome. So speak to your health care provider.
Shoulder Pain after I sleep?
You have tight back muscles that are causing that to happen. When you lay down the pressure points in your body change and that puts more pressure on the muscles to cause them to go into pain. When you are up the pressure points change again so that the pain can go away. freeing up your back muscles will keep that from happening again and here's how to free them up: Back: (do from a sitting position) Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder, fingers over the back and the palm in the front and firmly pull down on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward and to the outside of your left leg, keeping your left arm fairly straight as you do. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, release the pressure but rest there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side. For best results relax your body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed.
Why do I have shoulder pain after a gallbladder removal?
Did you have laparoscopic surgery? My daughter had her kidney removed laparoscopically and had terrible shoulder pain for almost a week afterwards. They told her it was because of the gas they used to distend the abdomen during surgery. The gas either becomes stuck inside and puts pressure on the diaphragm which causes the nerve pain in the shoulder, or according to an internet site I read, the gas causes some internal tissue damage due to tissues that are supposed to be moist drying out. Either way, her pain was pretty intense but was ignored by doctors and nurses as "nothing to worry about "
I'm 13 And I have shoulder pain it's near my rotator cuff. It usually comes up if I rotate my arm or reach up should I be worried?
It could be something as simple as subdeltoid bursitis or even a torn rotator cuff. You don’t mention how active you are or your sex, which can definitely have influence what type of injury you may have because of your type and level of activity. See an orthopedic surgeon; that way you have a better chance of diagnosis since they can order imaging studies if needed or give you an injection to relieve the pain.