Possibly a pinched nerve?

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Jael

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Last Thursday morning I awoke with severe pain near the shoulder blade. I went friday for a massage. it hurt like hell and the woman said it was a muscle strain. she said "dont baby it. keep doing what your doing so it stretches out."

this week on Monday I went to the dr as the pain made sure I only slept 5 hours total between that thursday and the following monday. he said it is a pinched nerve. ice and heat, try acupuncture, and only certain exercises.

Tuesday I got acupunture done. so far no relief. she recommended a cortisone shot. I got that yesterday. Still no relief.

I have permission to continue playing hockey and working out using the elliptical but the pain wont go away. During my work outs and hockey the pain is gone. feels 90% better. but then when I site down for a bit or I am riding in the car it acts up, my forearm gets dull and achy and I get tingling in my left index finger.

I have tried a muscle relaxer I was prescribed, anti inflammatory meds, hot showers, hot baths, epsom salt baths. I am sleeping better but I wake up and the pain is unbreable until I get moving around.

Can any one give me any more advice or tell me how long this should last? I have gotten similar symptoms before but they always lasted 3-4 days and that was it.
 
If this happens regularly, it appears that you need to give your muscles and your body a little TLC and help them recover from the workouts. Natural anti-inflammatory antioxidant products work great help with post workout inflammation.
 
Hey about a month ago i woke up with the same pain. Went to my doctor they said pinched nerve. She gave me a muscle relaxer wich did nothing. The next day i went to another doctor in tears. He said torn rotator cuff. He reffered me to an orthopedic doctor who took an xray of my neck and shoulder. Didn't see anything but the cord was straight so she scheduled an mri. It ended up being a large herniated disc in my neck that was causing pain in my arm. I had no neck symptoms just pain in my right arm and shoulder. Needless to say i am having surgery tommorrow to have it fixed because it is so bad. Just a thought for you. If your pain doesn't get better ask for a refferal to see an orthopedic doctor it may be your neck.
 
thanks for all the responses. it is still bothering me a bit. I went to an orthopedist that gave me a cortisone shot. i had a neck mri done in june. i have played hockey for 15 years so he said it looks "like the neck of a normal 27 year old athlete." some corroding discs, etc but nothing he said to worry about.

I went to a chiropractor yesterday. he also did electro stim acupuncture. my elbow was also out of place so he popped that back in. holy crap did that hurt. the elbow is, as he said it would be, swollen and hurts.

when i move my neck to the point where it stings I get the pain down my left arm still. my index finger is somewhat numb, but the sever pain I was getting in the forearm is no longer there.
 
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