Group: Injuries & Rehabilitation

Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 54, Messages: 4465

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painful shoulder

debrablue
debrablue
Posts: 1
Joined: 2002/12/22
United States
2002/12/22, 08:48 AM
I cannot figure out what I did to my shoulder. About 5 weeks ago I woke up in the morning with an excruciating pain in my shoulder that affected my neck too. I was going to physical therapy already for my neck, so I told the therapist and she said I may have "hyper extended my shoulder". She worked it out and it felt better for a while, but last night I did my Christmas shopping and was carrying around a heavy package and felt a pull and now I am in the same boat with my shoulder again. When I walk it pops, and it radiates into my neck. Should I see my orthapedist? Any ideas what it could be from? I know I had to have done something to it the first time around and I thought the therapist "cured" it so I hadn't thought the heavy package I was carrying would have re-injured it.
rpacheco
rpacheco
Posts: 3,770
Joined: 2001/12/13
United States
2002/12/23, 10:57 AM
You probably reaggravated it. See your orthopedist. In the meantime, you could apply a heating pad to keep the muscles loose.

Get well soon...

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**_Robert_**
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