chrisd
Major Champion
I never mentioned my dickie back
Is that one or two injuries ?
Rotator cuff injury
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Is that one or two injuries ?
Lanark_Golfer
Q-School Graduate
I’m just getting over a severe dose of supraspinatus tendinitis in right shoulder, pain was unbearable especially at night. Dose of heavy duty painkillers and muscle relaxers done the trick. Just awaiting physio to try and improve mobility as it’s really restricted
LOL Cabby can be your PP...
huds1475
Journeyman Pro
Got to the point where pain / immobility is too great to play.
Not picked up a club for 3 weeks, won't be doing so until it's sorted.
Interestingly, mine seemed to come on after having my irons extended.
Felt noticeably heavier, perhaps a little too much so for my feeble frame!
Coffey
Challenge Tour Pro
Yep I had the same from weight lifting and rugby. The pain is unbearable and made my shoulders really really weak. I haven't had the issue since I gave up weight lifting though and any time I do go back to the gym it resurfaces pretty quickly.
Went to Physio and there isn't much they can do. They gave me resistance bands and a few exercises to stretch the muscles every evening and morning and also before exercise.
https://bodylastics.com/blog/4-must-do-rotator-cuff-exercises-with-exercise-bands/
Exactly the same as these exercises. They do help and you can feel it stretching out when you do them. Would recommend it a lot as mine had a lot of scar tissue on the muscle which the physio was able to work down.
Went to Physio and there isn't much they can do. They gave me resistance bands and a few exercises to stretch the muscles every evening and morning and also before exercise.
https://bodylastics.com/blog/4-must-do-rotator-cuff-exercises-with-exercise-bands/
Exactly the same as these exercises. They do help and you can feel it stretching out when you do them. Would recommend it a lot as mine had a lot of scar tissue on the muscle which the physio was able to work down.
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
Have it recurring in my right shoulder. Continual training in Aikido and playing golf can make it worse. Had a course of physio last year which has worked so far
Slime
Tour Winner
Had it twice, once in each shoulder, both due to boney spurs growing down from bone causing impingement on my tendons.
My left was operated on 10 years ago, my right was operated on a few years later and that involved a 'repair' as the boney spurs actually severed the tendon to the point where I couldn't raise my right arm without the help of my left arm! They had to reattach the severed tendon to my bone with pins.
Both of them resulted in NO GOLF for six months.
Both my operations, therefore, were done in the winter.
The operations were pretty painless from day one, the physio was unbearably painful but oh so important.
I hope yours is not as bad as mine, but due to the boney spurs, operations were the only way forward.
MRI scans revealed the full extent of the conditions, without it you'll just be guessing.
Good luck :thup:.
My left was operated on 10 years ago, my right was operated on a few years later and that involved a 'repair' as the boney spurs actually severed the tendon to the point where I couldn't raise my right arm without the help of my left arm! They had to reattach the severed tendon to my bone with pins.
Both of them resulted in NO GOLF for six months.
Both my operations, therefore, were done in the winter.
The operations were pretty painless from day one, the physio was unbearably painful but oh so important.
I hope yours is not as bad as mine, but due to the boney spurs, operations were the only way forward.
MRI scans revealed the full extent of the conditions, without it you'll just be guessing.
Good luck :thup:.
Jeezo, I have some slight pain that gets worse as my round goes on, doesn't sound anything like yours, I'm almost embarrassed by mine now :whoo:
Got a physio appointment a week Monday, see what he says but considering taking from now til then not playing or practising to see if it improves.
Got a physio appointment a week Monday, see what he says but considering taking from now til then not playing or practising to see if it improves.
Karl102
Journeyman Pro
Not good mate.... hope you get it sorted soon... Rest up for the season :thup:
Slime
Tour Winner
An MRI scan is the way forward.
Do yourself a favour and ask him about having one as soon as :thup:.
pokerjoke
Money List Winner
I have it in my right shoulder and have done for 15 years.It started when I got pushed into an advertising board and split my deltoid muscle.I had physio and as Slime I couldn't lift my arm at all for months.Stupidly I went back to football and it was so weak I was holding it next to my body to scared to let it move away from my side.I then dislocated it playing football about 3 times.I then was booked in for an op to bone block it but it got aborted the day of the op.I once again carried on playing football and dislocated it twice more,I then dislocated it again whilst on Woolacombe beech when a wave hit it.I then dislocated it again whilst sleeping where I dreamt I had dislocated it and when I woke up it had come out but above my head,it took then ages to get me out and into hospital.I started to go to bed with my arm strapped to my side for a few months because I was paranoid it would come out again.Finally I was operated on and it was bone blocked which stopped the dislocations.I now have very little movement in my right shoulder and it kills with pain after a round of golf especially if cold.I can't sleep on my right side and couldn't lift a 2lb weight out in front of me at arms length although in close to my body I'm very strong.Over the last year I have little more rotation due to you-tube videos but will feel crippled for life.My advice to anyone who has it or gets it is do physio and lots of it,strengthen the area with bands early and keep doing it,if you wait it will stiffen and be hard to strengthen and free up.Plenty worse off though so just got to suck it up.I had a year off work in total and got 48 quid insurance off my football club.
lobthewedge
Challenge Tour Pro
Discovered yesterday that I have a rotator cuff tear, caused by an awkward fall from a climbing wall at the end of last year.
Fees are due this week and had to cancel a driver fitting next month, so not a great start to the season.
Fees are due this week and had to cancel a driver fitting next month, so not a great start to the season.
A physio can't diagnose it correctly unless he has the equipment to do an Ultra Sound and can read those results, which I doubt physios have.
I had all the symptoms of Rotator Cuff but after having ultrasound at the hospital arranged through my doctor, it transpired I had Bursitis.
Bursitis is inflammation and swelling of a bursa.
A bursa is a fluid-filled sac which forms under the skin, usually over the joints and acts as a cushion between the tendons and bones.
The main symptoms of bursitis are pain, swelling (not visible) and tenderness in the affected area.
Any bursa can become inflamed, bursitis most commonly occurs in the shoulder.
Simply put, Rotator Cuff is a tear and Bursitis is a fluid sac, they require very different treatments and if your treating the wrong diagnosis, you could make it worse!
Go to the doctors, he'll arrange an ultrasound which is the ONLY way to know what the true problem is.
I'm over 3 months into treatment and is slowly improving with the help of Omeprazole & Naproxen plus daily (3 times a day) excercies.
http://www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/encyclopaedia/b/article/bursitis/
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DCB
Well-known member
I'll add to that, Four yeas ago I was undergoing treatment for a Rotator Cuff Injury ........ physio did his best, but without proper scans and xrays they can't see what the real problem is. I had MRI & CT scans to diagnose my real problem. I almost left it too late and was almost paralysed as a result. NeuroSurgeon said all my symptoms looked like the rotator cuff injury, but, were actually caused by damage to the spinal cord in the C Spine area.
Whilst physio relieved the pain it was not actually dealing with the underlying issues. If in doubt see your GP and if necessary ask to be referred to a specialist.
Dibby
Assistant Pro
Dangerous to attempt to diagnose anything specific online, but as a general rule, golfers should keep their spines mobile and strong, particularly the thoracic area. If the thoracic spine cannot extend, the shoulders blades cannot move in a way that allows you to put arms overhead safely, and so the shoulder joint itself tries to take up the slack, which can lead to impingement and other injuries.
Golf, weightlifting and many other things may aggravate in the above scenario, but they are not the real culprits. If the stiffness and movement patterns are corrected, there is no reason these activities cannot be performed safely, and pain-free. Plus, if you move better, you will likely have more powerful and accurate shots.
Golf, weightlifting and many other things may aggravate in the above scenario, but they are not the real culprits. If the stiffness and movement patterns are corrected, there is no reason these activities cannot be performed safely, and pain-free. Plus, if you move better, you will likely have more powerful and accurate shots.
Tab373
Q-School Graduate
I had it. Went to doctors a few time had X-ray at hospital then a steroid injection at docs. 1st time pain free for a week so had another and have been fine since. Now 3 years later
Qwerty
Tour Winner
Mine has flared up again after stupidly hitting 80 balls all with 3x drivers at the range a few nights ago.
I was hoping it was just temporary but I've had the usual nagging pain in it since.
Time for a few weeks off and back on the exercises otherwise it'll be another 3 months off.
I was hoping it was just temporary but I've had the usual nagging pain in it since.
Time for a few weeks off and back on the exercises otherwise it'll be another 3 months off.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Touch wood my back ailments seem behind me but I'm still nervous about doing too much range work and have felt it start aching in the cold. I really feel for those with a full blown rotator cuff or bursitis injury and hope they are getting the right treatment, staying patient (easier in the current conditions) and can get back on the course soon
huds1475
Journeyman Pro
My current diagnosis is "biceps tendinopathy".
Don't think I'll be playing for a while, it's pretty much constant pain. Got some physio to do but progress less than rapid.
Good job the weather is rubbish.
Don't think I'll be playing for a while, it's pretty much constant pain. Got some physio to do but progress less than rapid.
Good job the weather is rubbish.
