Whenever I lay in bed, I always roll up a bath towel to place under my elbows to support my shoulders. It helps quite a bit. Also, when I'm on my side I have a small pillow to place my hand, in order to support my shoulder. Bobbie 41 years post
Smile Everyday > On May 4, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Bill Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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
