http://physicaltherapypage.com/extreme-pain-after-contrast-injection-to-shoulder-joint/ Helping People Move Better Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:18:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://physicaltherapypage.com/extreme-pain-after-contrast-injection-to-shoulder-joint/comment-page-1/#comment-11573 creed Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:03:53 +0000 http://physicaltherapypage.com/extreme-pain-after-contrast-injection-to-shoulder-joint/#comment-11573 I had the same thing done for an MRI & never any answers;; they just 'got rid of me" & said the MRI that they got was "good enough", in spite of the fact that I was not put in long enough to get any "picture";; they messed up, got it in the wrong place, my muscle..so, of course being very young & naive, I let it go;; my arm ballooned up just about 1/2 hr later & i got responses that it shouldn't have been injected into the muscle, to I had an allergic response to the contrast;; still don't know, but it took me a good 4-5 days to resolve, & it was in my upper arm (healthy upper arm);; I feel for you, but contact the doc who ordered this MRI & tell him what happened, you may need to be ready to take another, but @ another location;; IF I woulda known better @ the time, that's what I would have asked for..good luck, take your pain meds for now & try to move the shoulder gently (pain-free) if ya can... I had the same thing done for an MRI & never any answers;; they just ‘got rid of me” & said the MRI that they got was “good enough”, in spite of the fact that I was not put in long enough to get any “picture”;; they messed up, got it in the wrong place, my muscle..so, of course being very young & naive, I let it go;; my arm ballooned up just about 1/2 hr later & i got responses that it shouldn’t have been injected into the muscle, to I had an allergic response to the contrast;; still don’t know, but it took me a good 4-5 days to resolve, & it was in my upper arm (healthy upper arm);; I feel for you, but contact the doc who ordered this MRI & tell him what happened, you may need to be ready to take another, but @ another location;; IF I woulda known better @ the time, that’s what I would have asked for..good luck, take your pain meds for now & try to move the shoulder gently (pain-free) if ya can…

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