Been experiencing some pretty serious pain in my right shoulder the past several months. Usually, it's more of a dull, steady ache, but in ever increasing frequency, there are moments of quite acute pain, as if the muscle/tendon were being pulled away from the bone. Pain would actually shoot down my arm, through the bicep and end right in the inside fold of my elbow.
Started to visit an orthopaedist back in July. Initial diagnosos was bursitis flaring up. Doc prescribed diclofenac for the inflammation, but tht's about it. Oh, wait, there was that one cortisone shot, right into the shoulder....didn't do a thing!
Anyway, long story short, after viewing the films from the MRI I had last week, Doc was able to definitively locate the tear. Film also identified a bone spur, which was tugging on the torn Rotator Cuff area.
Planning on some time in November to have my shoulder splayed open. 4 weeks in an immobilizing sling does NOT sound like a lot of fun, but if it gets rid of the pain, after a while, it will definitely be worth it, methinks!
Randy