Deltoid injury?

[Crankin]

Good! I would not be one to tell you to stop exercising.
Like the doctor who told me to "just ride 5 miles and gain 10 pounds" a few years ago, when I was having some medical issues. Yeah, so I could be like him, and ride around town with my gut hanging out over my shorts .

[Catrin]

I HAVE decided to go ahead and get the MRI. If nothing else the hospital will allow me to make payments. There have been too many problems with this shoulder, and while it is better in some ways than it was a year ago, in other ways it isn't. It would be good to know exactly what is going on with it and determine, realistically, how much stronger it can get. Surgery is NOT an option as long as I can use it! I do know my neck injury affects it... My doctor has been encouraging me to get the imaging for the last 6 months.

[OakLeaf]

Hope you get some answers.

Finding a balance when you're not 100% is very difficult.

[Catrin]

Hope you get some answers.

Finding a balance when you're not 100% is very difficult.

Yes it is, which is why I've been resistant to getting the very expensive pictures. The trick will be on finding the right specialist to examine them - since for so many surgery is the automatic outcome. I simply need to know exactly what is wrong and what I can realistically expect. From my experience the gym activities are helping it a lot - as long as it isn't anything overhead. Functionally speaking I am scre@ed for anything overhead and that can be a problem when you live along. Frankly I don't care if I can't press my weight in an overhead squat - I DO care if I can't perform normal functional movements - especially since I live alone. This particular shoulder tweak is getting my attention...

[Sky King]

Just a thought but you know your body. Are you over thinking this? Would a massage or trip to PT be a less expensive visit. I have similar issues and a nice massage - sometimes w/ hot stones or hot cups and ASTEM treatment from the PT does wonders to redirect my muscles fibers and loosen the muscle

[Catrin]

Just a thought but you know your body. Are you over thinking this? Would a massage or trip to PT be a less expensive visit. I have similar issues and a nice massage - sometimes w/ hot stones or hot cups and ASTEM treatment from the PT does wonders to redirect my muscles fibers and loosen the muscle

It would be nice if PT WOULD help my shoulder, but it never has - and I've been in PT with multiple therapists for months on this very shoulder. The mobility work I do HAS helped in some areas. We KNOW there is a physical problem with my shoulder, it is time to figure it out. Part of it is indeed muscular and connective fiber related - but it is time to know if there is anything else going on. Thankfully the MRI isn't THAT expensive, I only have to pay 20% of it...and it is a good diagnostic tool. I DO know that I've never experienced anything like the pain I had last night. Ever, and that included when I broke my upper arm and collar bone. That is why it has my attention.

[goldfinch]

It is time for the MRI.

I tore my rotator cuff many years ago. I didn't know it for several years.