The hard part with shoulder pain is diagnosis. The process is slow and they do one joint at a time. One consolation is all of nurse practitioners and nurses in orthopedics have been hot.
Men don't cry, not from physical pain. The pain level reached 12 on a scale of 1 to 10. Can't take NSAIDS, on blood thinners.
PT was too painful initially. Got a cortisone shot a couple months ago..Right now, two steps forward, one step back.
Add to that carpal tunnel. Next appt for that is in November.
I don't know what you're going thru, but I went thru it all recently.
I tore my rotator cuff and didn't think much of it when it happened. NSAIDs were useless. The 1st person I saw suggested a steroid injection. With a tear, that's just putting a band-aid on your shoulder joint. I didn't get the shot and was given exercises to do at home. It wasn't getting much better and I saw an Orthopedic Surgeon.
We tried physical therapy, and I was religious about it, for about 3 months with no success. I then had the mri and it showed the tear. We scheduled surgery.
If you have a tear, what does the Ortho say ? Without knowing your particulars, if surgery is suggested I'd recommend it.
They showed me images during post-op followups and I got a laugh out of the 'your cartilage is pristine' comment. I tore the rotator cuff in my throwing arm.
Good luck.
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