Shoulder Pain
 

I know that several of you guys here have had shoulder issues lately. I'm looking for some insight.

About a week ago, my shoulder started hurting. It started off just a dull pain as though I had slept on it wrong. That's really all that I thought about it. Since then, it has gotten progressively worse and is getting to the point that it wakes me up at night, often more than once. Normally, if ya sleep on it wrong, it goes away in a couple of days but, this seems to keep coming on and it feels like it's deep in the joint. Certain positions don't hurt at all, like in an odd position at my side or straight out in front of me. Every point in between hurts like hell so, it's hard to get it out in front of me which, in turn, makes it dang hard to paint a car!

I've never been a football or baseball player so, that's not it. Really, aside from a paint gun or 12 oz curl, I don't do much at all with it! What's y'alls take on it? Am I just being a sissy or, you guys with experience, think it's more?

Could b bursitis....
A bursa is a tiny fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. The plural of bursa is bursae. There are 160 bursae in the body. The major bursae are located adjacent to the tendons near the large joints, such as the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees.
Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa. When injury or inflammation of a bursa around the shoulder joint occurs, shoulder bursitis is present.

Bursitis is typically identified by localized pain or swelling, tenderness, and pain with motion of the tissues in the affected area. X-rays & MRI scans are two ways to test for bursitis.

Hope that helps!!
I knew my degree would pay off some day!!

Sitting in a waiting room at orthopedic doctor for my shoulder right now. Can't wait.

Both of mine sound like they have gravel in them. Took an MRI about a year ago and both rotator cuffs are torn. I need surgery but I've been putting it off. I did get shots in both shoulders (steroids) and that has helped GREATLY. Just my 2 cents...

Go get an MRI I had same problem , need to have both cut on but am getting cortisone shots now, also 800mg of ibprophrin /day

If you are in alot of pain best thing is get it checked out. I jumped out a boat about 2 years ago and for the next few days my knee was killing me. Went to doc and I had torn my acl....sometimes it dont take much. Never had surgery and my knee also sounds like it has gravel in it,not good!

UGGGHH! I just paid off over $5k on my wife and kid's medical a couple of months ago! I hate getting more med debt! Of course, deductibles have been met for the year so, I may give it a go.

I'm one of those stubborn types that truly/foolishly believes that it will go away.:shaking: I'll give it a few more days and see how I feel. If it doesn't go away or, my wife doesn't get off my arse, I'm gonna go get checked out. I knew that several here had been having issues with theirs and wanted to get the insight.

Thanks to all and feel free to share more if ya got it!;)

Just think of it this way, If it is rotator It can get bad enough to where you won't be able to lift a paint gun. or a FISHING ROD!!!
Seen guys wait till it got real bad and they couldn't lift their arm above waist level

You spend too much time with a long board and some 80 grit ! :)

I just got done doing a house for a guy who owns a PT pratice he gave me some excersice I'll text u his number when I get off this plane

If you are in pain your body is telling you something is wrong. If your deductible is met, no reason to not get it checked. The longer you wait, the worse (and longer recovery) it will get.

do this.... and this
i workout 6 days' a week...and when i bench, my cuff gives me problems...i do these to help stretch before and after a workout.

take ibuprofen for pain and for the anti-inflammatory so helps with swelling/swollen shoulders.

heres another

people can laugh all they want when i do these stretches...but come time to bench, im throwing up some serious weight, plus injury free....im the one laughing when they get hurt and all they can do is curls...ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES take a long time to heal, and will never be 100% just like any other joint malady .


take multivitamins..<<---that's probabaly your problem there...
fish oil pills,
and go to GNC /walmart and buy this supplement..called..glucosamine....i've recently ran out of mines and noticed a slight pain in mines, need to reup soon


ps...im somewhat familiar with painting...i've worked as resedential/commercial painter/ car/autobody and paint and sandblast offshore...i know a lil about it too.

steroids do wonders on injuries, whether thats anabolic or not..lol:work::work::work:

The Old Age is approaching pain

Stop playing with yourself so much.

That's from those big trout Casey put us on the other night....mine is still a little sore also...:D

Let us know how your shoulder turns out...;)

Got my X-Rays on right shoulder this past Wed., having the same issue.
Doctor wants to see if it is any kind of issue like calcium before doing an MRI.

glucosamine chondroitin with msm (joint comfort adn renewal of cartilage) my joint hurt some times been jump 11 years and counting. saw the best of the best dr. out there!! stretch before u paint and do some shoulder excersises. ill show u some drills u can do to warm up that shoulder when i come pick up my truck.

Dude can jump further than I could fall off of a ladder! Amazing! I'm gonna leave exercise alone for now but, I will be looking into some of these supplements. I don't think stretching is a bad idea at...for any occasion! If it won't let up, I'll see a doc and get his take on it. If he says exercise, then, that's what I'll do. Thanks to all of you for your insight. I sincerely appreciate everything that everyone had to say. Hell, that's why I asked this crew...I knew I could count on em!;)

However...Whoever said the old comment, can kiss it!:rotfl: Yeah, I'm gettin old but, hey, it beats the alternative!

BTW, Alphaman, ya oughta seen me trying to mask and paint your truck today! I had a friend here for a while that found it quite comical watching me try to move my arm!:redface: Hey, that's what friends do though...Right?:rolleyes:

My shoulder was hurting but thats because I tore my labrum in 3 places. We have some cream at boudreauxs called penetran plus. Good stuff.

if you havent taken anything yet...go take an ibuprofen.. safer than tylenol for the pain and its an anti-inflammatory ...keep it from swelling.

Hurtin like the day is long right now but, I just got done painting so, I'm headed to the house to "indulge" in some ibuprofen and Bud Light! I'm gonna use my right hand for the 12 oz curls tonight!:rotfl:

Again, thank you all! I knew I could count on you guys!

Yep, We drink your beer and laugh and point.

I have shoulder and neck pain from bone spurs in my neck pray that's not what your problem is!! Good luck steroids usually work a bit

Dude need some for my core can u help??? J/J!!!
They did keep me from the knife so far...
I've been told it's a horrible recovery???

:eek:
he said his shoulder hurts, he didn't say he had carpal tunnel! :D

W says "Corporal Tunnel". I just about died when he posted that.

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Bahahahahha!!!!!!
Classic W!!!!!

No swelling for me. Just pain when I roll over when asleep and when I try to scratch my back or reach into my back pocket. Or tucking in my shirt.
If I reach up or behind me, it hurts like hell. And in the morning when I wake up, I have some pain.
Doctor gave me some exercises to do Wednesday, but they are not working yet.
He said it seems like an impingment from something getting pinched. I can reach forward or sideways with no issues. Just reaching up or behind me hurts.

Joint Juice. They sell it at Wally World for about 75cents each and at Sam's for about 50cents for a case. It's got GC and some other good stuff in it. Joe Montana endorses it.

I separated both shoulders from lifting and football and it's paying me back now. Started with the big GC pills and got relief along with Advil every now and then. Joint Juice is easier and it tastes great cold. So far, no complaints. Good luck.

thats pretty cheap, do you take it when ya need it, or is it a daily thing. .75 aint bad, but bad if its errrryday

Everyday. I get it from Sams. Its got greentea in it also. (Antioxidants)

I do believe I'll be headed to my regular doc today. Hopefully, he'll at least hit me with a steroid shot. Dang thing had me up from about 3:30 to 5:30 this morning!

From sniffing all that paint thinner & doing cartwheels!!!

Always the comedian, huh?!:shaking::p

Gotta go under the knife now!!!
Fell in the driveway last night and ripped the rest of the cuff.
In a sling till I get back from Gulf Shores woo hoo!!!
Can't move the Fn arm at all:(:(:(

shoulder pain
 

Any news, on the shoulder?

Still got some soreness to it but, it seems to be dwindling. Started taking some stuff that Alphaman suggested and it seems to be working. Only bad part is that the pills are as big as my thumb and taste terrible!:cry:

my father-n-law had the same thing, and same symptoms.

im a chiro in sulphur. if you never injured it, could just be some tendonitis from work. start icing it every night about 20 min. and take a couple aleve (naproxen) in the a.m. and p.m. just make sure you keep good range of motion in it, loss of range of motion due to painful motion is what you wanna avoid. that will create a lot more issues down the road. if the pain continues over the next week or two with no relief from the ice/aleve, schedule and appointment with a orthopedist. hope this helps.