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16 Jun 19, 10:06 PM |
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shoulder impingement
so I read a thread on here about frozen shoulder and as I have been in pain for a few months I went to see my GP and it turns out I have an impingement not a frozen shoulder. Currently on 3 weeks of strong anti-inflammatory and pain killers and have an appt in 3 weeks for a steroid injection. GP made mutterings about possible surgery!
I honestly just thought it was just twinged from weight lifting too much Anyone had this?
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16 Jun 19, 10:20 PM |
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Not that exactly but others. But I am surprised that you are not having physiotherapy!
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16 Jun 19, 10:25 PM |
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Have physio and do the exercises they give you.
I had the injection for mine and it did help. I’m still not 100% after a year, but can manage now. When it was bad I couldn’t even lift my arms to wash my hair- had a few sobs in the shower 😢
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16 Jun 19, 10:35 PM |
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The injection is not a cure sadly & is a temporary measure. Physio is usually the first offer & I got 2 courses of physio on the NHS. I continued to pay for more myself. It took around 6 months to go from not being able to lift my hand above hip height behind me to now just about go to shoulderblade height but it's a hell of a lot better. I also had some acupuncture on it which was of great benefit. Give things like that a go b4 you start thinking about surgery.
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16 Jun 19, 10:36 PM |
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waiting impatiently...!
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I have calcified tendonitis in my shoulder, I've had it for over a year now. Just started having physio for it and trying to do some of the exercises at home. It's not easy!
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16 Jun 19, 10:36 PM |
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I've had it in both shoulders and ultimately had to have surgery in both... and then had frozen shoulders that required "Manipulation Under Anaesthetic or MUA" in both shoulders too.
Impingement is very different to a frozen shoulder, but you can have both at the same time. Impingement basically means that there's no longer enough room for your shoulder muscle to go under the bone without "scuffing", you still have pretty much full movement, but it hurts. This can just be down to inflammation, so taking anti-inflammatories, icing and resting the shoulder may stop the pain. You wouldn't be sent to physio unless they weren't sure of the impingement diagnosis. In my case, I had bone spurs along with the impingement, so had to have surgery or risk the muscle tearing to bits. This is a known issue with people who are hypermobile (which I didn't know till the first surgery). Hope the rest etc works and if not, go for the steroid injection(s). Surgery is worse case scenario and only do it if you cannot stand the pain anymore... it hurts like a mother####.
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16 Jun 19, 10:43 PM |
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Had my second shoulder op in Feb... played golf today! That's back, hip n 2 shoulder ops.
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16 Jun 19, 11:12 PM |
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I'm hoping my shoulder gets better with anti-inflammatories it feels better and I can move it more without as much pain (but that could also be painkillers) I have really high tone in all my joints so my movement is restricted anyways.
I'm regularly icing it as well and I have seen a PT who gave me mobility exercises and told me to go back to the GP (saw privately) GP said she could refer to PT but suspects exercises would be the same as i got form private one and NHS wl for PT are around 6 months you guys have made me feel a bit better about it! The way she was talking you would think I was never gonna regain use f my shoulder again!
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16 Jun 19, 11:53 PM |
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Suffered something similar back in January, over stretched my shoulder. Cant wash my hair, raise my arm, stretch my arm, cant open my bra or put on my jacket leading with my injured hand. Went shopping today and tried on some clothes, arm/shoulder really sore tonight.
I have a few rounds of physio and doing my exercises. Going back to my gp next week and as I have private health insurance may ask to be referred to specialist. Just afraid injury will get worse if I over stretch it at some stage. |
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17 Jun 19, 06:51 AM |
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I had it. Started noticing pain when I lifted my morning brew from the shelf beside me. Doc said impingement- I’d never heard of it thought it was made up to shut me up. I got sent for physio - it worked actually.
It was when I was a childminder and I actually think mine was lifting a rather heavy child in and out of the back seat of my people carrier because he had this trick of suddenly going like a bag of wet sand when you lifted him! |
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