Waiting on MRI- injury 5 months ago
I initially had some stiffness in my right shoulder last summer when I was obsessively crocheting. Eventually the pain went away with rest. I then fell off my skateboard, landing on my outstretched arm/palm behind me. I immediately felt almost like a warm tingling up my neck and was sore that night.
The pain progressed to just over my whole shoulder and ROM was basically nothing. I made an appt with my orthopedic, x Ray showed no issues. She believed it was impingement or adhesive capsilitis and ordered PT. PT suspected and treated me for AC joint injury and it only made the pain worse.
i went to PT for 10 weeks, did the exercises diligently, PT worked on mobilizing my shoulder every visit but my pain never improved and ROM didn’t return.
i had to stop PT due to losing my job and my new health insurance doesn’t start until May 1 so I’m in limbo until then. I read about biceps tendinitis and thought this may be a more appropriate diagnosis but I don’t know for sure. When I wake up I have zero pain and full ROM, as the day progresses and I use my arm like normal the stiffness returns, range of motion decreases and now that I’ve rested my arm a lot it seems like the pain is mostly localized in the front of my shoulder where the short biceps tendon is and I get a dull ache down my bicep.
When I’m on my feet for a while I get severe burning pain down my neck and along my right collarbone, once I can sit for a bit the pain subsides. I suspect because the rest of my shoulder is doing double duty holding my arm up and it’s getting tired.
im not really sure what im asking here. I’m waiting to be able to see my ortho again and request an MRI, but has anyone had similar symptoms and symptom locations as me? Rest and ice definitely help the most but I don’t see how I can strengthen my shoulder without irritating it. I’m just frustrated and hoping someone may have had a similar injury/experience as mine and can lend any advice.