[TheForge] shoulder pain OT

[Justin Fellenz]

I've been going through the same thing as well...pulled my arms back
behind my head, could barely drive home. That was before halloween.
I've been using a heating pad on it for the past oculd weeks, twice a
day--they say 20 min heat 20 min ice at least twice each per session is
good, but Ive been kind of lazy with the ice. I put the heating pad on
and go to sleep, wake up a while later and take it off. Wife and cats
like it too. Almost as important, it seems to finally be improving,
slowly. Tore a cuff lifting a few years ago and it took most of a year
to be back right. Get some of the rubber band exercises from your
doc-they help prevent further injuries and help heal the old ones. No
replacement for physical conditioning. (He says, stating the obvious).

JRF
--- Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Schade wrote:
> > 
> > I got a new chainsaw last month and must have overdid it.
> > My left shoulder hurts. I can't sleep on it and raising my
> > arm is painful. I think it might be a rotator cuff  injury.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any experience with this? Are
> > there exercises I could do?
> 
> 	I'm in the middle of the same thing.  Been that way for 8 weeks now
> and 
> not getting much better.  Went to Dr. Chen and he pin-cushioned me
> up. 
> Helped for a few days and then back to misery.  If I could be rid of 
> this pain by grinding off the ends of two more of my fingers, I would
> 
> not even have to think about it, the pain is that bad, and has now 
> started radiating down into the forearm and fingers. I would say give
> it 
> rest, as per Dr. Chen's orders, but even so it hasn't gotten much 
> better.  These injuries just may take some serious time for healing. 
> I'm better, but still in a lot of pain.
> 
> See a doctor if you can.  An MRI or CAT should reveal whether you
> have 
> torn the cuff.  Don't be too anxious to get surgery if doc recommends
> it.
> 
> Hope you get better soon.
> 
> 
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