Greg, My shoulders have gotten progressively worse over the 26 years I have been a quad. A number of factors have gone into degrading the joint and tendon in both shoulders. Because we have little or no triceps we rotate all shoulders in ways they are not intended to be used. We really can’t help it.
I have been through trials where they took blood, spin it down into platelets and reinjected it into the shoulder cavity. using an ultrasound to guide the needle they scraped calcified bone to fool the body into thinking it had to rush white blood cells into the cavity. The procedure was horrific, and the results not worth the pain. Right now I get injected with cortisone and lidocaine, every three months. This relieves the pain but there are diminishing returns. Eventually this is not going to help either. like you my left shoulder (I am right-handed so I don’t know if this matters) is my worst one. I use a product called Bio Freeze. It helps for a while. I Know the pain lessens at times with certain positioning. Hope this helps. Billy In Feb 11, 2016, at 6:16 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > > My shoulder is so sore, like a knife stuck in my left shoulder blade. It can > hurt so bad some days I want to throw up. Other days nothing. The sun or heat > pad helps, but nothing else. No pain meds even dent the pain. Even though I > have no feeling in most of my arm, it often feels like I have a numb nerve > going down my arm out my middle finger. Like I banged my elbow really hard on > something. > > I have weird shoulder blades, but doc said not sure that would cause my > issues. From years in a chair, and sitting back with shoulders back, my > shoulder blades touch. Sometimes even over lap. > > Greg William Lang III [email protected] last 4: 0160 DOB: 05/12/1949
