A woman fell down and broke her left shoulder which is now swollen and painful, and cannot be moved easily. She is undergoing physical therapy twice a week. ECG showed also a swollen heart. If she gets cortisone injections, can this be harmful to her heart?

Or the pain of one?
I’m pretty sure that’s what I have..
In my left shoulder blade, I have a really intense burning/sharp pain kinda both rolled into one. There was a lot of numbness there, but that has gone away. So far, I have had this since November of 08.

I was working out yesterday and after a while my back (right under my left shoulder blade) began to kill me. I thought the pain would go away overnight but insead it got worse. I’m 17 so it’s not from old age or anything. Does anyone know any stretches for this?

There is a terrible pain in between my left shoulder/neck area. I have been trying different strretches to no avail. I am trying to avoid the chiropractor for lack of $$$. Anybody have any good remedys that might help?

I have a pinched nerve in the back of my neck that is causing my left shoulder and arm to hurt. I did therapy for a few weeks but it didn’t help. I have been dealing with the pain for almost 5 months now. I take Tylenol but it doesn’t always work. I can’t take aspirin or Advil because of the ulcer I had four years ago. I just want some answers.

right now i have this problem with my left shoulder and a person on answers told me it might be a pinched nerve. i mean isnt it the same feeling you get when you get hit in the "funny bone"? because i dont get that feeling at all in my shoulder. it just feels like its broken when i move it at certain angles/ positions.

Im 16 and a Junior in high school. About a year ago I ran cross country and started having problems with my right shoulder. A few months later I started soccer and I turned my heads back and it popped. I couldn’t move my neck in any direction except to lay flat on my right shoulder. It was VERY painful to move it in any other direction. I also had to use a sling for my right arm because I couldn’t support it after popping my neck. A few months later my neck popped again and I had the same problems. I couldn’t even sit myself up in bed and it lasted for about a week until I had reasonable movement. After the second popping in my neck I had the same problem in my left shoulder like my right. I went to the doctor a month ago and he scheduled me for an MRI. During the time period from April to the doctor appt. in November it hurt to put my chin to my chest and when I did that I felt it in my lower back. About 2 months before the appointment I had a numb feeling from my shoulder to my elbow. A few weeks later it went into my other arm. I went to the doctor and like I said I got scheduled for an MRI. While I waited to get an MRI I got numb feelings from my elbow to my finger. I got my MRI and the results showed I had a bulging disc. He had me take therapy for my shoulders 3 days a week. I was told my neck would heal over the year. This was not good news because of soccer coming up. I kept going to soccer practices and had trouble putting my arms on my head to breathe. I lost circulation fast and had trouble breathing. Im still having these problems and my friend told me her doctor said that with bulging discs whatever your doing you need to stop because I was irritating it. I stopped socce for the past week and only have therapy 2 days a week. I took tylenol during practices and it wouldn’t help and I have to take tylenol at least 7 times a week for my back. Now im not sure what to do and my coach is telling me to play thru the pain, but it is VERY painful. Any ideas?

I went to see my regular family Doctor because I was having very bad pain in my left shoulder and arm, I also had some numbness in my fingers. Anyway, he had me go do an MRI and after reviewing the results referred me to a neurosurgeon . My question is what would be the best kind of specialist to go see. My MRI report stated that I have a minor bulging disc " C-7 and C-6" In my cervical spine that is pinching a nerve. I have heard a few bad things about neurosurgeons and am just wondering if I should just find another kind of Doctor.

A few months ago I was riding my horse, and he took a sharp right turn, my saddle started sliding, and I fell off. I fell on my left shoulder, but I got back up and continued riding. For a couple of days I couldn’t really lift my arm, and I was sore, but other than that I was fine. But for a couple of weeks now I find that if I get up quickly or just move wrong, my lower back or right hip will catch and I won’t be able to get up. After a few minutes, Im fine but the sudden pain is bad enough. I don’t know if falling off my horse has anything to do with it, unless when I fell on my shoulder I twisted my back. Any ideas what could have happened?

I went to the doc today since my left shoulder and neck have been just killing me. I have tingles all the way down my arm, through the elbow and to the tips of my fingers.
My doc gave me a muscle relaxer and said its its not better in 2 weeks, I need an MRI for a possible bulging disc.
Anyone else been through this too or any thoughts?
What therapy was used to relieve it for you?
I have been seeing my chiropractor every other day for the past 2 weeks.
He thinks there is another problem too– like something in my lung or a bulging disc too. That’s why I went to my GP today.

Can you have a pinched nerve without having pain? I have loss of motor function in my left shoulder, the deltoid specifically, but have no pain or loss of sensation…
And yes, I know it would be something pinched in my neck, more specifically C5-C6 nerves…

As I said, NO PAIN ANYWHERE just loss of function.

i seem to have some sort of pinched nerve right near my left shoulder blade. it feels like it’s burning and somewhat hurts whenever i move my arms around. i’ve never had anything like this before and i dont life any heavy objects but could it be due to repetitive motion?

also, i think that icy hot is supposed to help.. if so, what size should i get or is there a specific kind?

thanks!!

I pinched a nerve between my left shoulder blade and my neck last night, how I did it I don’t really know…was messing with the guitar for a bit then 2 hours later it started. I took some Advil and went to bed, decided to tough it out today at work, took some Advil this morning and the pains still there. Oddly though, I’m getting some shooting pains through my left arm, and I figure that can’t be good. Any ideas if that’s normal?

i was throwing around a football yesteday and then all of the sudden my neck started to hurt really bad. it feels like it is stuck and i think its a pinched nerve? the pain is in between my lower neck and my left shoulder blade and i can barely move my neck because it hurts so much. what do you think this is and what should i do to make it go away? i took some advil by the way and it helped a little

I was involved in an auto accident and it’s been five days since it happened. I’m starting to have a pain in my left shoulder (I was driving and it is bruised from the seat belt). The accident was not my fault, but I’m worried that the "acceptable" time frame has passed for visiting the doctor. Is it too late to claim it as an injury if I go to the doctor now?