7 weeks ago I fell from my bicycle and landed hard on my outstretched left hand and had muscle pain in my left shoulder. (I also broke my right great toe but that's less painful).
Here is my chronology of pain:
2 weeks of muscle pain which I didn't take seriously.
2 weeks of excruciating pain and nerve pain during the night and inability to move my arm at all as muscles just wouldn't work. Impossible to move arm in arc by my side. Should have gone to A&E but didin't. Woke up at night every 30 mins and had to walk around the room to ease the pain. Arm felt better during the day but was hell during the night. (The onset of this pain was caused I think by stupidly doing pressups and twisting it when reaching for something while I was already injured from my fall).
1 week of severe pain, but not so much nerve pain. Shoulder would become frozen at times and painful to move, numb arm, would have to move hand around to wake it up. Still unable to move arm in arc by my side.
1 week of muscle pain and horrible pain during the night, but not excruciating or severe. Able to move arm in arc now, but only tentatively.
1 week of the same pain if I move my arm up. I can't carry things. I can't move my shoulder around much and certainly can't do any sudden jerky movements - has to be slow. Able to sleep for 3 hour blocks now, but then wake up with shoulder pain again.
Did I tear my rotator cuff? Did I strain or sprain it? How can you tell the difference?
This is obvsiouly a serious injury and I really should have gone to the doctor before. I am incapacited but I don't work anyway so it doesn't effect employment. I am able to dress, cycle and shop but I can't do what I used to and I can't reach for things up on high shelves.
Will I ever recover?
Here is my chronology of pain:
2 weeks of muscle pain which I didn't take seriously.
2 weeks of excruciating pain and nerve pain during the night and inability to move my arm at all as muscles just wouldn't work. Impossible to move arm in arc by my side. Should have gone to A&E but didin't. Woke up at night every 30 mins and had to walk around the room to ease the pain. Arm felt better during the day but was hell during the night. (The onset of this pain was caused I think by stupidly doing pressups and twisting it when reaching for something while I was already injured from my fall).
1 week of severe pain, but not so much nerve pain. Shoulder would become frozen at times and painful to move, numb arm, would have to move hand around to wake it up. Still unable to move arm in arc by my side.
1 week of muscle pain and horrible pain during the night, but not excruciating or severe. Able to move arm in arc now, but only tentatively.
1 week of the same pain if I move my arm up. I can't carry things. I can't move my shoulder around much and certainly can't do any sudden jerky movements - has to be slow. Able to sleep for 3 hour blocks now, but then wake up with shoulder pain again.
Did I tear my rotator cuff? Did I strain or sprain it? How can you tell the difference?
This is obvsiouly a serious injury and I really should have gone to the doctor before. I am incapacited but I don't work anyway so it doesn't effect employment. I am able to dress, cycle and shop but I can't do what I used to and I can't reach for things up on high shelves.
Will I ever recover?