Shoulder injury?

[pat_courchesne]

Many thanks.

Hey everyone I appreciate all the stories and feedback.

I had the mri results and they show no real damage to the muscle or tears. There is Osteoarthritis in both shoulders. And some fluids in the joints. Tendonitis is also a factor.
So, a little update. I filed a WSIB claim, because i couldnt handle the pain anymore didnt want to sit at home and not get paid. Daycare is too F'in expensive, finally got the claim approved after 3 weeks of messin around. Only got paid one week so far, and missed 3 weeks of work.
Back at it now, but on modified duties, driving the truck supervising and chipping brush, man it's boring. Last week i went swiming with my little one and i held him in the pool for about an hour and the next day my biceps and shoulders were killin' me. Waiting for an appointment with the orthopedic doc. cant wait to see what he says. lol. Probably tell me to do something else. question is what? So i go to the physio 3 times a week. Tried the ultrasound treatment for 3 weeks and didnt seem to help much. right now i'm getting laser treatment we'll see how that goes.

wow i'll stop now, didnt realize how long i rambled on for.
So i guess i can say i'm not all that better. Still lot's of questions going on in my head.

Again thanks for the opinions.

 

[bobt]

Your symptoms sound similar to the problems my wife is having. She has sharp pain in the biceps of both arms if she tries to lift her hands over the level of her shoulder. It is even very difficult for her to put on a coat. It makes it difficult to fall asleep, and if she rolls on her shoulder, she awakens screaming in pain.

Her diagnosis is "shoulder impingement syndrome and rotator cuff tendinitis"

Treatment so far has been PT, ultrasound treatments, cortizone injections. The PT has given her more mobility, but other than that, nothing has made a perceptible difference. Surgery is an option, but she hasn't made the decision about surgery yet.

Good luck!

Bob

 

[pat_courchesne]

thanks

Thank you.

I will look into that.

 

[treemandan]

Oh my GOD! What? Do you all want handicapped placards or something? Its like watching Oprah with you people. Dam it, will you just quite crying and get back to work now?

Bury my heart AND wounded knee. This #### will surely #### you up fast.

 

[bobt]

Oh my GOD! What? Do you all want handicapped placards or something? Its like watching Oprah with you people. Dam it, will you just quite crying and get back to work now?

Bury my heart AND wounded knee. This #### will surely #### you up fast.

What an offensive post! My goodness!

A guy has pain, and asks for a little input, and you spout off like you just did.

It has nothing to do with looking for sympathy. The OP has a definite problem,,he is getting medical advise, and has asked for a little input from others that may have similar problems in order to find a good way to go about healing his pain in order to get back working like he is accustomed to.

Your post was not helpful, and furthermore was just plain RUDE!

Bob

 

[treemandan]

What an offensive post! My goodness!

A guy has pain, and asks for a little input, and you spout off like you just did.

It has nothing to do with looking for sympathy. The OP has a definite problem,,he is getting medical advise, and has asked for a little input from others that may have similar problems in order to find a good way to go about healing his pain in order to get back working like he is accustomed to.

Your post was not helpful, and furthermore was just plain RUDE!

Bob

Didn't you take that the wrong way.

 

[GLOBOTREE]

id have to agree with an earlier mention of the nature of tree climbing~ i have been plagued with a sore this and a sore that since the beginning. I dont think whining and crying ever got anyone anywhere with pain, perhaps the OP should take this advice"suck it up" you need to get used to pain. My cure for pain is work harder, push my limits. No pain, no gain. I busted my spine b4 in 2 spots~ did a bit of whining when that happened, but then right back to work with a brace on. I figured what good is a brace if it doesnt get used? it got used alright. When i feel crippled with pain, usually I will try and split a cord of hardwood, usually the new pain pushes the old pain away from my brain...it works serious wonders to serve hard work to pain. be strong and stay long!

 

[pdqdl]

Seriously guys: try the green tea for chronic inflammation.

Fish oil pills help too.

 

[bobt]

Didn't you take that the wrong way.

Ah, well I guess I could have,,,,,,,,,,,If you meant to be humerous. Otherwise, what you wrote was a put down, and inappropriate.

Bob

 

[indiansprings]

My vote will be torn rotator cuff, had it in college, result of getting thrown from a horse, two choices as mentioned depending how bad, surgery or therapy and time, it took me almost a year to be able to throw a baseball or draw a bow, now at almost 50 in cold weather it gives me fits.

 

[homelitejim]

You mentioned you have pain in your neck. Do you have numbing and tingling, and pain down arm and into you fingers?

Seems simple, but I was treated for shoulder injury for 3 months, before I spoke to a friend and it was explained could be nerve issues, which is bulging disk or disks in neck. I was classic case, but all depends on who treats you.

It also depends on what vertebra the bulge is and if it is bulged in towards spine or out as to where you will feel the pain. A tale tale sign is tingling in the finger tips and loss of strength. A MRI is the only way to be sure of a bulging disk. Stretching and PT will help the most as will some heat and ice.

 

[pat_courchesne]

Along with that I was diagnosed with Carpel Tunnel 3 years ago, so there you have it tingling and numbness in the hands and fingers at night I know all about that as well. i'm not looking for no sympathy from any one and No i'm not crying about my pain. I'm simply looking for tips or advice on how to deal with the pain. I'm not the complaining type of person, but when you've endured the pain for so long. I think it's time to speak out and tell someone, or do something about it. I ####ing hate hospitals and doctors and in the last months i've been to see them more than I have in my 25 years of being alive.

 

[arborsoldier]

Seriously guys: try the green tea for chronic inflammation.

Fish oil pills help too.

The problem I had with the fish oil pills is I would burp them up for the rest of the day. They were nasty. Maybe it was just me.

 

[pdqdl]

I can't say that that wouldn't be a problem.

You could go really hard-core, and start swallowing cod liver oil, straight up.

 

[CedarRock]

Funny this should come up now. I recently pulled my shoulder on a 660 starter rope. Can't comfortably raise arm out from the body. Happened to my other shoulder 3 years ago pulling on a splitter starter rope. They say the older you are the more chances of this kind of injury. Just turned 58 so this is probably normal.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

My knees and shoulder get painful every so often, they have been troubling me on and off for over a decade. When I start to "feel" it I take glucomisin (sp?) tablets, one or two a day for a couple weeks.

I only take them when I need them and know quite a few climbers who swear by them.

They are just cow tendon and ligaments ground up, take them every day since we do not get enough of that stuff in our diets. The chondroitin is derived from the shells of shrimp, crab, ect...

FWIW a vitamin D twice a day will help people in cold weather areas, with general health. I noticed that i do not feel as crappy in the morning if I take 1g in the am and pm.

There are a few of the "natural" remedies that actually do work.

Though between my VA prescriptions and my wife's vitamins I take a fist full of pills every day. one more thing to make me feel like an old man.

 

[squad143]

I've been on Celebrex for the last couple of years for my joint pain (when needed).

The past 6 months my knees have been in non-stop pain so I was sent to a knee specialist who told me that I have Osteoarthritis. (Very common).

The knee specialist recommended that I try Glucosamine Hydrochloride with vitamin D, but said it would take a few weeks to kick in. He also recommed that I try Durolane injection in the knee (https://www.durolane.ca/web/about-durolane).

I'm going this Friday for the injections, not cheap ($400 per knee), but it will worth it to be knee pain free for six months.

Welcome to old(er) age.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Have you tried Tramadol? It works great for me.

 

[BC WetCoast]

I'm currently going through similar shoulder pain. Caused when I fell coaching my kid's soccer team (don't kick the ball on muddy ground without cleats on - but I'm sure it looked hilarious). I've been taking physiotherapy for about 4 months and my movement has improved.

What I found helps is raking. The movement aided by the other arm on the rake seems to loosen things up. I'm also taking fish oil, glucosamine/condroiton pills daily to reduce the pain.

 

[sgreanbeans]

WOW! feel like I have found my long lost home!
1. EXPLODED! Disc C-6/7
2. Both rotator cusp are torn, right side real bad
3. Braceal Nerves in both arms damaged, right side real bad
4. Hip's are rotated back 10degress and up 5 (hurts really freakin bad in the am)

All of this crap came from one particular moment in time, August 27th, 2008 at 7:27 pm (I was looking at the clock when it happened!)
After readin all yours I feel like im home!
This the reason I want a wraptor, to broken to body thrust or footlock. Still manage tho, yesterday I removed a dead maple, 50ft, no gaffs, over a pavilion and high voltage, 2.5 hours all done. But make no mistake, I will pay for it today.