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Left shoulder pain, remedied but comes back quickly. What is it?
Hello all, got a health question for you.
For the past few years I have had a problem with my left shoulder and tightness. It causes pain and uncomfortablity when I sit in the form of a randomly occuring pulse of pain. Its more of a nagging and annoying pain than anything. recently (less than a year) I have found a way to remedy the problem but it quickly comes back.
I can manage it somewhat by laying on a flat surface and interlacing my hands behind my head (as you would on a lazy summer day in the grass). My right elbow can touch the ground no problem, meaning it can fully extend outwards, but my left arm and elbow points upwards towards the sky. Now if i try to relax my arm I can slowly move my left arm and elbow to match my right but it causes sometimes severe pain.
Heres where it gets strange for me, once the muscle is relaxed it cracks and the muscle relaxes, almost to a point where it seems asif i had no problem at all. Unfortunately within 30 minutes or so the muscle is once again tense and causing me throbbing painand i must once again try to relax my arm and starting the process all over again.
My problem areas are the left shoulder, almost behind my shoulder blade, the ledt side of my nexk which always seems to be tight and my left collar bone which can be tender when i massage it.
What could be my problem?
Any help would be appreciated and you most definitely have my thanks in advance for any responses.
2 Answers
- 1 decade ago
Yes i think you could be suffering an injury to your rotator cuff this is the deep lying muscle by the scapula which assists in the normal movement of the arm and shoulder.
From what you say about the length of time you have suffered this problem i can only suggest you get booked in to see an orthopedic consultant asap.
Your obviously not going to cure this by exercise or physio.
Source(s): Anatomy & Physiology student - bryingtonLv 45 years ago
This has befell to me until now from slumbering on my area, it made my top physique out of place and in type of want of an adjustment. you're able to do a pair of issues. take a seat on a chair with a low returned and then stretch backwards over the chair to objective to type of "crack" it into place. or you are able to attempt stretching video clips via utilising your arm on a wall then stretching the shoulder blade/chest interior the different course. on occasion you hear a "pop" and it pops returned into place or you preserve stretching it and it will ultimately experience greater effective. A chiropractor could no longer be a bad element. i like them, went on and stale considering i became right into a newborn. different subject concerns you are able to look into besides: in case you think of it truly is an honestly muscle pull (which might injury like none different) then see a doctor for an MRI or some thing to look at tears and in case you're there verify they rule out any coronary heart issues. so some distance as creams: i could bypass that b/c that in basic terms covers up the subject and too lots cream (on a daily basis use) could reason death (it befell to a teenager those days). in case you bypass the cream course, i could say organic Arnica oil or cream is stable.
