Greg, I too have sever shoulder pain in both shoulders (25 years post). You're right, we use our muscles in ways they shouldn't be used. It causes tendons to fail and bone on bone problems.
I was part of a trial in which that injected my platelets spun down from my own blood into the shoulder cavity to regenerate the tendon. It worked well but after a year the pain returned. A word of caution, the procedure must trick the body into forcing white blood cells to the area by mimicking an injury. The Dr. actually scraped calcification he saw on the bone, using Ultra scan. Hurt like hell. Now, I have both shoulders injected every 4 months with cortisone and Lidocaine. It's covered by medicare and you can have it done three times a year, after getting approval. It can give you back some quality of life. Billy Lang Sent from my iPad > On May 3, 2014, at 16:57, greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > > After going to my doc and seeing a PT, they think my shoulder pain is mostly > from being a quad for 32 years and my muscles are just no longer able to hold > my shoulders in place. Since being a C/4-5 quad my shoulders have always been > pretty week. Soon after my injury my muscles no longer would hold my > shoulder blades in the correct place. They almost touch each other and my > right shoulder hangs much lower than my left one. The PT is going to look for > a shoulder compression brace. Some days it can hurt so bad I can't hardly > move my arm. > (#%@* Greg
