any idea what is wrong with my arm?

[Dylan the Catholic teen.]

i see you live in roseville? i live in MN too(so. metro) so if you should need a really excellent ortho surgeon have i ever got one for you. the whole 'group' has really excellent surgeons which is like 19 different orthos that all kind of have their own specialty? they only take the best. of course alot would also depend upon ins too.

honestly hon, if your own doc is not doing for you what is just the basics here, i would seriously find another who actually cares about their patients and does the advocating they are supposed to also be doing too ya know? while their IS a certain 'process' that some ins co require before okaying an MRI. if nothing actually shows on that x ray, the that soft tissue needs to be looked into next with a good contrasted MRI. that IS the only way to even see the rotator cuff and the things that make it up and could become injured other than the bones and joint. x rays only show the harder more boney structures and not anything like tears within a particular tendon needed for movement? just see what she has to say. good luck, FB

 

[nmikeyjay]

You might have a frozen shoulder also? If you hurt your arm somehow and pulled something then you start using it less and less because it hurts and soon you aren't really moving it at all.
I did that, I thought it would heal, I finally went to a doc and he they gave me a shot and sent me to therapy for three months for, said it was frozen. Man it did hurt I remember that. Good luck with your appt. I suggest you get a new Doc too.ne that cares about you.

 

[Mr. Smily]

hmmm, I didn't mean to imply that my doc doesn't care about me. I think she does. and I've actually had an MRI that was, in the end, a waste of time (and money I spose). but that doc was trying to rule out stroke, so I guess he got that answer (it was TMJ stuff that the doc apparently was unaware of....)...but I digress!!

I'm sure if nothing shows on the xray, assuming I have one and there's a good chance I will, then she will likely send me for an MRI if that's the only way to identify whatever is wrong. not to worry! really

but I appreciate all the great info I've gotten. I reall appreciate it!

 

[Tavy]

believe me, i was not in any way telling you your doc was doing anything wrong here or not a good doc(i think i should have explained better,my bad,lol). just letting you know, with past primary doc issues with others i know and see on here too, that you always have that option hon. there are sooo many people who post on this site who have docs that are plain lazy or plain lacking in common sense to actually do the best things for their patients. and it IS a really sick thing to do when your primary is supposed to be your advocate too ya know?

i have been just plain lucky with mine. thru all six surgeries and an aneurysm coiling and an ongoing liver and kidney disease, he just listens to what my needs are since i just know my body much better than he does kind of thing? he has always done right by me. and gotten me to the right type of doc asap and done the needed tests when simply needed too, and i AM thankful, trust me.

just see your doc and go from there. please let us kno what you find out,K? good luck rose, FB

 

[KDHaynes]

oh no worries. there was another one that said I should get a new doc. I think I brought it on myself with my comment about MRIs? perhaps.

anyway, it turns out to be tendonitis in the rotator cuff. and she prescribed PT. saw my therapist for the first time today and she said I also had a bit of bursitis! ah....I love getting older. NOT!!! anyhoo, doc thinks I should be feeling alot better in a couple of weeks and good as new in 4-6 weeks. she also said that if it gets worse she would give me a shot of cortisone. rather not do that but I guess we'll see.

I appreciate all the replies so much. thanks!