I’ve been having shoulder pain for 3 years now and the doctor thought it was tendonitis, so i went to physical therapy and it went away. Now it’s come back and its worse than ever. It spread to my neck and i get horrible headaches. I got an x-ray and it shower nothing, and the MRI showed nothing. the doctor thinks my shoulder is just weak but i dont think that’s the problem. do you have any clue what it could be?
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shoulder and neck medical question? no
This one is so simple and they run all those complicated tests on you to find nothing. Here is what your problem is, your back muscles have been pinched and they need to be released. And because you have been having headaches now along with them I am adding the neck exercise along just for good measure. Do the on for your back first.
For your neck:
place your hand alongside your head and push your thumb in under your ear and place it on the muscle there. Take your fingers and place them on the back of your neck on the muscles there. Press them together and hold a good amount of pressure on them. Then relax, take a deep breath an happening, the muscle going limp under the pressure. Continue to hold until the entire muscle has gone limp.
Back:
Place your left hand on your left knee. Place your right hand over your left shoulder and with your fingertips find the muscle next to your spine. Press on it and hold. Relax, take a deep breath and exhale and don’t tense up any part of your body. After about 30 seconds there should be a release happening and when it does slowly lower yourself forward onto your right leg or even over it if you can, the more over the better it is. Continue holding for a total of one minute. Then release but rest your body there for one minute longer. Then reverse and do the right side.
If you are having headaches, then the most likely source of the symptoms is the cervical spine which can also refer pain to the shoulder.
I would recommend seeing a physical therapist who is certified in mechanical diagnosis and therapy. http://www.mckenziemdt.org