Billy, I have been a c5 quad for 45 years. In the last ten I have noticed a big difference in my arm strength and endurance. I have become very weak in all my still working muscles. I chalk it up to growing old. Joints hurt too. Growing old is a b...ch. growing old as a quad is a double b...ch.
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: William Lang III <[email protected]> > Date: February 14, 2016 at 12:02:49 PM EST > To: greg <[email protected]> > Cc: quad-list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Shoulders > > 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 >
