Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Lately I've been having trouble with some of the attachments on my proximal humerus too - not 100% sure which muscle it is - and I've gotten a lot of relief from kinesio taping across my chest.

I cut a strip in half, on me five blocks long (you're about my same size but you'll want to measure yourself the first time). I put my shoulder in full external rotation ... hitchhiker thumb, wrist supinated hard, elbow bent open, maybe 100-120°, and not too close to my ribs, then bring my thumb as far back as I can to pull the shoulder back. Then I tape across the upper chest under the clavicles. Anchor below the SC joint just on the opposite side of the sternum - so the anchors will cross each other when you're done - and tape with zero stretch on the tape all the way to the upper arm. I don't quite parallel the clavicles, but that might depend on how they sit on you - but at least you want to make sure you keep the tape over the muscle and don't tape on top of the clavicle. Just keep the tape as straight as I can all the way to the other end somewhere over the anterior or medial delt..
I finally got a picture of this after reading it a couple of times - had to translate the words into a mental picture I am also considering taping that bicep as that is where much of the pain is. My dr. insists that isn't where the problem is located, but that is were a lot of the sharp shooting pain is referred - perhaps taping the bicep will help.

Last night I noted that at the worst of the pain if I forced myself to move my arm - keeping it VERY stiff with no bend at elbow or wrist - into a new position that it seemed to provide some relief.

Here is for SOME sleep tonight!