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Post by QuickSilver on Jan 28, 2018 9:38:52 GMT -5
Well it's always some dang thing or another.. During the night I felt the need to use the bathroom. When I put my one foot on the floor, I stepped on a sock on the slippery floor and it slipped out from under me and I slid off the bed catching my left arm between the dresser and the mattress and pulling it backward... I felt a crunching noise.. So I shook it off and moved it and figured out nothing was broken.. but today I have a sore shoulder right on the side of my arm.. it does not hurt when I'm not moving my arm.. but is sore with I lift my arm.. so right away I'm thinking a torn rotator cuff.. OR maybe it's only a pulled muscle.. Has anyone had a shoulder injury heal... or is it always surgery.. Probably jumping the gun here.. and should give it a week or so to get better...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 10:41:31 GMT -5
Give it some time.
Most things like that will heal with rest.
Surgery should be your last resort.
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Post by Drifter on Jan 28, 2018 11:41:43 GMT -5
If the rotator cuff is involved, the pain is usually in the front or outside of the shoulder. This pain is usually worse when you raise your arm or lift something above your head.
If there is no swelling or feels warmer than the other shoulder, heat can be applied, otherwise use ice. Take Advil for the pain.
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Post by QuickSilver on Jan 28, 2018 11:48:29 GMT -5
If the rotator cuff is involved, the pain is usually in the front or outside of the shoulder. This pain is usually worse when you raise your arm or lift something above your head.
If there is no swelling or feels warmer than the other shoulder, heat can be applied, otherwise use ice. Take Advil for the pain. Yes,, the pain is on the outside of my arm in the deltoid region.. and yes it hurts when I lift my arm. It does not hurt when I am not moving. Do these things heal by themselves?
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Post by Bob on Jan 28, 2018 12:53:15 GMT -5
This is probably what you don't what to hear, but when I hurt my shoulder several years ago (lifting weights overhead), the injury evolved into frozen shoulder syndrome, to the point where I could not lift my left arm more than about 30° to the side at its worst. Cortisone didn't help it, so my option was surgery about a year or so following my injury. It got so bad that I needed help getting a coat on. When I had my procedure, the doctor told my wife it was one of the worst he'd seen in terms of the debris in the shoulder cavity. I hope you don't have to have surgery.
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Post by QuickSilver on Jan 28, 2018 13:02:38 GMT -5
This is probably what you don't what to hear, but when I hurt my shoulder several years ago (lifting weights overhead), the injury evolved into frozen shoulder syndrome, to the point where I could not lift my left arm more than about 30° to the side at its worst. Cortisone didn't help it, so my option was surgery about a year or so following my injury. It got so bad that I needed help getting a coat on. When I had my procedure, the doctor told my wife it was one of the worst he'd seen in terms of the debris in the shoulder cavity. I hope you don't have to have surgery. OMG.... Did it freeze up from not moving it after your injury? Should I continue to keep using my arm even though it hurts?
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Post by chinadoll1981 on Jan 28, 2018 13:27:16 GMT -5
so sorry to hear about arm... I hope no bad damage.... if continue to hurt, please see doctor!
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Post by Drifter on Jan 28, 2018 14:09:27 GMT -5
OMG.... Did it freeze up from not moving it after your injury? Should I continue to keep using my arm even though it hurts? Is the pain radiating to the elbow? Are you able to lay on the side injured without pain? If it is, see your Doctor. I know what I would do, though it may not be for anyone else. I'd take the Advil, then later in the day start moving it so it didn't freeze up from babying it. The longer it's kept immobile, the better the chance it will freeze up. If it didn't improve in a few days, I'd see my Doctor, possibly for x-rays, to make sure nothing was broken and maybe a MRI.
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Post by Bob on Jan 28, 2018 14:33:52 GMT -5
This is probably what you don't what to hear, but when I hurt my shoulder several years ago (lifting weights overhead), the injury evolved into frozen shoulder syndrome, to the point where I could not lift my left arm more than about 30° to the side at its worst. Cortisone didn't help it, so my option was surgery about a year or so following my injury. It got so bad that I needed help getting a coat on. When I had my procedure, the doctor told my wife it was one of the worst he'd seen in terms of the debris in the shoulder cavity. I hope you don't have to have surgery. OMG.... Did it freeze up from not moving it after your injury? Should I continue to keep using my arm even though it hurts? I think it was a combination of inflammation and damage I'd done. I didn't know it at the time of the original injury, but a few months later I went to backhand a stick out of my way as I cut the grass and it was like a knife going through my shoulder, the pain was that sudden and intense. It got worse from there. I would see an ortho doc and get it checked out and maybe with PT it will be fine, or just some anti-inflammatories. In my case I had too much debris in there and it was never going to get better on its own. Oh, and shoulder surgery is a long and uncomfortable recovery. Took me a year to get my range of motion back.
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Post by formerlyme on Jan 28, 2018 15:42:32 GMT -5
QuickSilver, I've got my fingers crossed that your injury is just a pulled muscle or stained tendon.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 16:17:31 GMT -5
This is probably what you don't what to hear, but when I hurt my shoulder several years ago (lifting weights overhead), the injury evolved into frozen shoulder syndrome, to the point where I could not lift my left arm more than about 30° to the side at its worst. Cortisone didn't help it, so my option was surgery about a year or so following my injury. It got so bad that I needed help getting a coat on. When I had my procedure, the doctor told my wife it was one of the worst he'd seen in terms of the debris in the shoulder cavity. I hope you don't have to have surgery. I hurt mine back in early 2011 doing Bench Presses. It was my right shoulder and the pain was worst when I tried to reach behind me. It wasn't until mid to late 2012 before I was back up to full capacity on the bench press gain. But a lot of that had to do with my own stubbornness in trying to go back too soon. I finally had to just take a full six months or so off and when I went back I started really light with a narrower grip and worked back up slowly. I never went to the doctor about it. I've gone to them in the past about other injuries and found them to be of very little use. When you tell them you hurt yourself lifting weights they just give you a "Well what do you expect?" look. Since then I've adopted a philosophy of only rarely testing my maximum and leaving a rep or two in the tank on every set. It's been over 5 years now and so far, so good.
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Post by nkat on Jan 28, 2018 17:09:23 GMT -5
A pulled muscle hurts worse than a broken bone. I am still having pain in my back and it has been 4 months. Nurse told me for a pulled muscle it could take up to a year to get better. I was told to walk and walk.
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Post by highlandannie on Jan 28, 2018 21:05:29 GMT -5
A crunch doesn't sound good. I'd visit the doctor. I've had rotator cuff injury twice, once I had physical therapy for a few months. Healed.
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Post by vega on Jan 29, 2018 3:28:26 GMT -5
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Post by QuickSilver on Jan 29, 2018 6:10:27 GMT -5
Spent a good part of the day icing my shoulder and had a good night sleep.. I have noticed an improvement this morning already. I think I dodged a bullet on this one.. hopefully...
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