Shoulder pain

If there's is a legit injury to that shoulder the first thing you want to do is reduce the inflammation. Try ice or Epsom salt bath. Also, without being able to accurately pinpoint the source of the pain (shoulder joint is complex) you won't be able to remedy the injury/pain.

I'd recommend seeing a chiro. Although they may not fix it, they'll be able to better locate the source of the pain. Hope that helps.

 

Go to real doctor. Determine the problem. As it is mild the problem can likely be solved with strength training and mobility exercises. Just making a joint stronger can kill pain especially in the shoulder as even people who lift will completely ignore the rotator cuff.

I would say your pain would go away within months if you did these on the reg. Then will come back when you quit.

Spoiler: Large picture of exercises

 

List of questions: What's your age (if you don't mind disclosing)

Is it tender on palpation anywhere (does it hurt when you press on any one spot?)

Does the pain shoot anywhere? Any numbness, tingling, weakness?

Try the ranges of motion with a google search, flexion, extension, internal rotation, external rotation, adduction, abduction.



The differential for shoulder pain can be extremely broad. Bone spurs from osteoarthritis, tendonitis, impingement, rotator cuff tears, bursitis, etc. Pain can also be "referred" meaning it's coming from somewhere else due to common vertebral nerve segments shared by the nerves, so an evaluation by your PCP is the best thing to rule stuff out. Grabbing the laptop sounds like a rotator cuff motion, try doing the empty coke/neer/hawkins tests as well:

 

I was in a similar situation. At first, I tried to just use ice and tiger balm type things to try and remedy the problem.

Then, I went to the chiropractor, they didn't pin point anything in regards the shoulder except that my neck was right and locked up, so they adjusted my spine. Felt good for a day but then it went back to the pain.

Went to Richmond bone and joint clinic, turns out I have rotator cufff tendinitis.

So I'd say, go to the doctor first, figure out exactly what's wrong with it instead of wasting time trying to do it yourself, all you're doing in prolonging it.

 

Go see and talk to a real doctor, not the pretend ones here on CF.net.

 

Go to a physical therapist. They will give you a bunch of exercises that you can do to get your shoulder back to where it kind of needs to be.

 

the factors that lospollos have asked are important..

my dad had a lingering shoulder problem for 1+ year, and his PCP recommended him to get an MRI..

the orthopedic surgeon looked at it, and it was a partially torn rotator cuff..

i'd highly advise visiting a doctor and getting an MRI, before visiting the chiropractor and/or PT

 

Yeah, I had a shoulder injury/minor pain. Certain motions would increase the pain. It sounds similar to what you are describing. I didn't want to go a doctor and kept trying to play sports. It got worse. Finally the pain made it hard to sleep at night. I ended up with multiple partial tears to the rotator cuff. I think it would have been better if I'd gotten it looked at in the beginning. Therapy eventually made it better, but it took a long time. I think that it would have been greatly reduced, if I'd had it diagnosed earlier. Whatever you do, don't try and push through it.

Of course what happened to me could not be related to your situation at all. But it wouldn't hurt to have someone look at it.

 

Your problem is you're asking a forum full of dudebros who post dank memes, Da Dakota circle jerk threads, and rants about the other guy's politicians... for medical advice.

 

You didn't keep your fap hand strong and blew out your rotator cuff.

 

I am not a pretend Doctor, but you are right any evaluation should be done in person. There are some tests like the ones I mentioned before that can be specific for rotator cuff/tendon impingement etc. You never know, not to scare OP obviously but I saw someone with a pancoast tumor (tumor of the lung that compresses cervical vasculature/nerves) that presented with referred shoulder pain. That is why it is important to go for a proper evaluation through a physician. Your history of present illness, concurrent med condition, medications etc are all taken into account. Doesn't mean we'll order MRIs etc if criteria are not met, but ruling out worst case scenarios is important.

 

It is possible you could have shoulder bursitis. I get that from time to time with workouts.

http://www.medicinenet.com/shoulder_bursitis/article.htm

 

Too vague for anyone to offer any real advice other than go see a doctor...can't you call your uncle and have him give you an idea of what's going on?

 

Been going through a similar situation for over a year now with my right shoulder, pain when lifting the arm over my head or reaching behind my back. PCP thought there was a chance of a herniated disc because the pain would sometimes radiate to my hand. Finally saw an orthopedic surgeon this week who diagnosed it as an impingement issue. We'll start with PT and take it from there. But everyone here is right, see a doctor as soon as you're able.

 

i've had shoulder issues for a while. It's been interesting in that it has presented at different times as back pain (shoulder blade), shoulder pain, and front-side (pec) tightness. It turned out I did have a partially torn deltoid at one point, but they still haven't figured it out completely. My best guess is that it's pec-related, but I'm still trying to work it out between PTs, masseuses, chiros, and orthos.

I mention all this to say that (a) everyone is right and you should see someone (b) it may not be your shoulder even though it feels like it. It's crazy how connected things are and how pain can be referred

 

Could also be that you are sleeping on it wrong.

DD

 

I had shoulder pain last year.

I would have shooting pain if I moved my arm a certain way, particularly if I reached out my driver's side window to use an ATM, for example. I could not straighten my arm over my head and my range of motion was bad. I could lift my arm to shoulder height, but anything over was painful.

My doctor took X-rays and didn't see anything bad so he sent me to a shoulder guy who gave me a cortisone shot (not fun) and prescribed PT. After a few PT sessions it got better and the pain was completely gone after about 3 months. that being said, sometimes my shoulder still feels (for lack of a better word) weird. Not hurt. "Tired" might be a better way to describe it.

 

Same thing happened to me 4 years ago... still haven't fixed it.