Ouch! Shoulder pain and how to treat it

The real test is if you can reach behind your back to touch the opposite shoulder blade.

Today I can just about touch the middle of my neck in the back, but that is a lot of improvement compared to yesterday. For one thing I can drag around heavy objects, like pulling big limbs out of the yard and also hold the leaf blower, but I am waiting a few more days on the serious cleanup. I don't want to do anything to aggravate it.

If the problem is FROZEN SHOULDER (inflamed capsule), surgery will most likely not help.

Thank you for your observation and advice. My wife developed frozen shoulder after a car accident. After months of unsuccessful physical therapy, she eventually had to have it broken loose under anesthesia. This was brutal and years later she still has some difficulty with the shoulder, but she does have pretty good range of motion again.

I had a physical job and participated in lots of risky hobbies and sports where my body and even my shoulders have gotten beaten up on many occasions. Lots of my coworkers and friends have had to have surgery over the years. But I never experienced excruciating and debilitating shoulder pain myself until this last week.

This was quite a wake up call. I am currently working on one house to move into and one to sell. It would be a very bad time to be laid up for any length of time. So I am extremely happy that after a lot of prayer and following the advice of my wife and mother who were both career nurses and also the advice of many contributors here... that my right shoulder is feeling a lot better this morning. I am getting a few twinges of pain as I try to move it around but it is just incredible how much it has improved just since yesterday which was a lot better than the day before.

This seems to be one of those reminders that an aging body needs to be treated with considerably more consideration than a younger body. I have been working diligently on the two house projects for three years. I let my normal exercise regimens fall to the wayside during that time period and it seems fairly obvious that this is one of the consequences. So I will be easing back into a carefully considered stretching, resistance training and aerobics exercise and diet regimen. This should become much easier to maintain once my two house projects begin to wind down.

I once had chronic bursitis in one shoulder so bad that it was a livid red and swollen continuously, and I could not raise my arm above my head. Touching it made me want to scream.

I finally asked my doctor, after months of suffering and therapy, if it would ever heal, and he emphatically said, No. Supposedly, my only recourse was surgery, with no guarantee of true healing.

I used that as part (one part) of my motivation to divorce myself from medicinal drugs and unnecessary surgery, and search for natural healing, since I believe in Creation and a Creator.

That was thirty years ago. My shoulder healed so completely, without any relapse, that I am not 100% sure which one it was I injured (left, I think). I never have so much as a twinge from either one. (I have had numerous serious injuries over the years, hence my uncertanty.)

I suggest you do your own research, and start with:

Alkalinizing Diet.

Systemic Enzymes.

Earth Clinic is an extensive source of information, sorted by both physical condition and natural remedy.

I do not say all of it is of equal value, any more than every medical opinion is of equal validity.

Bear in mind that a Medical Opinion is ultimately just a semi-informed opinion.

That doctor of mine was intelligent and dedicated; I still respect him. He was also dead wrong.

I wouldn’t say that my right shoulder is completely healed, but it was healed enough that I was able to work all day today cleaning up the giant mess left by the storm on our property. I didn’t try starting up one of my big incorrigible chainsaws because I was afraid that something could get torn up again. Probably one of the small consumer saws I have would have been OK, but I ordered a small cordless chainsaw online just to be cautious for awhile.

I do my best to avoid doctors and medication as well, and believe my relatively quick recovery from not being able to put on a T-shirt or lift my right hand above my head... to being able to push a loaded wheelbarrow over rough terrain, drag around large broken branches, sweep and rake all day... I believe this is an example of God’s mercy and forgiveness.

I am currently looking over the Earth Clinic website. Thanks for your comments and suggestions.

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