Anyone been diagnosed with shoulder calcification?

scotty1971

i have just been diagnosed with shoulder calcification(very painful) just wondering if anyone else has had it,and what did they find the best treatment for it to be.

thanks

scott

elantan

yep i've got it, at the same time it was discovered i also had a frozen shoulder and tightened neck muscles, it is an incredibly painful thing, even worse than childbirth ( and i didnt think anything could ever be worse than that) i passed out several times from hurting my shoulder against doors etc

i cant honestly tell you anything worked ( not for me anyway) but the dr's were more interested in dealing with the frozen shoulder ( as i could barely move it ) at the time, for that i basically kept working it as much as i could taking it to my pain threshold then a wee bit more as much as i could

this was 3 years ago, i now still suffer stiffness and a weakness in my shoulder and do get pain in it often but no where near as bad as it was, it is manageable now

hope yours eases soon

scotty1971

they have recommended cortisone injections first,so hope that works really don't want to go down the surgery route!!!

elantan

i had them ... they didnt help me ... fingers crossed they help you though ... i chose not to go down the surgery route myself

scotty1971

i've heard the injections can be quite uncomfortable!!

cardiogirl

I needed 2 injections as the first didn't last long. They were quite uncomfortable, but I haven't had any pain since & that was a few years ago.

mazza111

Yes, last year after a bad fall. The first thing I would say is keep the shoulder moving, the last thing you want is a frozen shoulder. Even if it's just small movements. I was still in pain for a while after my accident, but it turned out I had trapped a nerve in my upper spine at the same time, this was discovered during physio for the calcification.

elantan

Yes the cortison injection is sore , but not agony, i would deff try it first, just because it didnt work for me shouldnt mean it wont work for u

Do try and keep the arm as mobile as you can, i think if i hadnt my frozen shoulder wouldve been much much worse , at it's worst i could only lift my arm to just above waist level ,you want to avoid anything like that if possible

scotty1971

they problem i have is that i have is that i have it both shoulders,the physio says this is quite uncommon its trying to sleep at night that i find really hard,just can't get comfortable!!

elantan

Yep i did too ... Was told the same thing lol ... Sleeping can still be a nightmare for me ... I used to sleep on the less painful shoulder at an angle ... But would always have to turn around ... I used to also need loads of pillows to support each shoulder , hubby barely got space for himself lol

It would take me ages each night to get the pillows in the right place as every night the comfortable position changed

When i would try and sleep on my side i would have to have pillows between my arms keeping my bad side supported , i also remember having to wake hubby a few times because i was stuck and couldnt move as i had stiffenend up, he would have to roll me over , he would then say well dont lie on your side , i would say ok , a few hours later i would have to shout him again as the same thing had happened ( i toss and turn alot in my sleep)

I cant lie to you i had a really intensive few months of agony which i never want to go through again , but it does slowly get better till you can get to a stage where it's manageable

Good luck

elantan

When lying on my side i would have the pillows between my arms at at my back holding me in a certain position ... When on my back i had the pillows all around my shoulders , under my shoulders ( sometimes) and under my lowers arms hands etc ... I found having the slightly at an angle helped

When i still go for a massage my shoulder sticks out . I look lopsided all the time ... Bra wearing would just be hell on earth, i used to be covered in bruises and bleeding from wearing bra's

Oh your bringing it all back for me now