Physio/Medical Question

[Region3]

I have tendinitis in my shoulder.

The doctor gave me a sheet of exercises to help with it and I have a few of questions about them.
I will ask my doctor when I go back, but that isn't for another couple of weeks.

1. I have to lay on my back on the floor with arms by my side, then raise my arms over my head "as far as you can" and hold for a count of 5.

I can stretch all the way behind me so my hands are on the floor behind my head, but I get the pain in my upper arm about a foot before it reaches the floor.

To get the best from the exercise, should I be holding when I reach the point where pain starts, or should I keep going and touch the floor behind my head?
Once I'm past the point of pain it no longer hurts to go the rest of the way.


2. Another one is standing upright with my arms by my side and then raising them to the side as high as I can.
Again, I can get all the way to the top but just above halfway I feel something jerk at the top of my arm - like a muscle/tendon version of a joint clicking.

Should I stop before I get to that point, or carry on past it?


3. Finally, one exercise is standing upright and in turn raising my shoulders, then pushing them back behind me, then down and behind me, holding for 5 at each stage.
I've had to stop doing this because it's giving me really bad pain in the lower part of the back of my neck.
Crazy question, but does this sound normal or would it indicate some other problem than tendinitis?


Like I said, I'll ask my doctor but it won't be for a couple of weeks.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[Leftie]

All due respect to your GP Gary (and it sounds like he/she is trying) but, if it was that bad, I would go to a sports physio for a proper assessment and exercise regime.

 

[Leftie]

Oh. And by the way, not withstanding my previous post, a golf forum isn't the best place to get medical advice. :mmm:

 

[Hobbit]

Following rotator cuff injury I was referred to a specialist. His words, don't do anything that causes pain. Don't lift your arms above your head. We manage the pain and inflammation, and when that is controlled we will look at physio.

from the physio, we work to the point of stiffness, trying to stretch that point. We don't exercise to the point of pain. Pain is your body telling you not to do something.

As Leftie sez, only take advice from experts. If you have concerns with what you've been asked to do, go and ask again.

 

[Crazyface]

That sheet would be off the internet. Go back and tell the doc they didn't work ,and push them to pay for professional physio for you. You may have to lean hard on them, depending where they are with their budget. I got my knee seen to from a proper physio last year, sent by my doc without any problem. Mind you this was after I'd had a x-ray and a scan to try and find out what the problem was.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I would go and see a sports therapist

 

[Ethan]

I would go and see a sports therapist

Wot he said. No, really.

If you are confident the diagnosis is correct, then a sports physio, if you are not, a sports physician. Pay for a private MRI if necessary.

 

[gregbwfc]

What LP and Ethan said.
Also to add to what Hobbit said about lifting above shoulder height - don't !!
I found out that one the hard way, leading to a tear and probable op .
Good luck getting it sorted out.

 

[Crazyface]

Wot he said. No, really.

If you are confident the diagnosis is correct, then a sports physio, if you are not, a sports physician. Pay for a private MRI if necessary.

?????????????? go and see your Doc and get him/her to refer you !!!

 

[Region3]

Thanks for all the replies.

I'm very confident of the diagnosis because it's exactly the same pain I had when I had tendinitis in my other shoulder. Unfortunately I didn't recognise it for what it was and left it a while before I did anything about it.

With the other one I went to a sports physio first and then only to the GP when ultrasound/massage/exercises didn't work.
I had an injection at the docs which didn't seem to work so they referred me to a specialist who did a scan and another injection which sorted it out.

This time round I thought I'd see the GP first so it's 'registered', then hopefully won't have to wait as long as I did last time for further action. In two minds whether to see the physio or not after it did no good last time and it's not cheap.

I'll carry on with the exercises for a couple of weeks but stop before it hurts.

 

[Ethan]

?????????????? go and see your Doc and get him/her to refer you !!!

Not that expensive. NHS waiting times can be very long in some places.

 

[spongebob59]

Might not need an MRI, ultrasound is usually the first stop on the diagnosis trail.

https://www.shoulderdoc.co.uk/section/884

You usually need a physio or osteopath to refer you though (Think I paid around £250 for a private scan)

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I would go to see a Thai masseur.

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