Suspected Tear in Shoulder

[fossyant]

Just try and get away with a lower dose.

A decompression should give you movement back without pain. Maybe see another consultant ? May I ask your age ? I was 41 when I had the surgery over 2 years ago. It actually left me with less movement and more pain to start, but got that back to 95% movement within a few months and eventually little pain.

 

[mrandmrspoves]

Just try and get away with a lower dose.

A decompression should give you movement back without pain. Maybe see another consultant ? May I ask your age ? I was 41 when I had the surgery over 2 years ago. It actually left me with less movement and more pain to start, but got that back to 95% movement within a few months and eventually little pain.

My problem is that the whole of the Supraspinatus tendon is full of calcium - so much so that to remove it would leave too much damage to the tendon. I have the same problem in both shoulders but the left has settled down to some extent. The orthopod I saw is extremely good and shoulders are his specialty. The condition is still not fully understood and there is some hope that eventually the calcium will still reabsorb...but after 2 years it has only got worse so far.
I am coming up to 50.

 

[fossyant]

Nightmare. So it's the tendon. My issue was bone spurs caused by a RTA that caused the supraspinatus to tear and get inflamed.

 

[mrandmrspoves]

Yes painful shoulders are no fun. My tendons are full of lumps of calcium so they are swollen, distorted and inflamed. Steroid jabs give short lasting relief but I won't have anymore unless my arm becomes so painful that I can't move it. It's very difficult to get the balance between avoiding using them to control the pain and keeping them moving as I don't want the added complication of a frozen shoulder......glad your op worked though!

 

[vickster]

I don't know about calcification, but has your surgeon suggested prp injections?
Didn't work for my poorly elbow tendon which was found to be hanging by a thread and needed repair, but the success rates are pretty high (indeed my surgeon had it successfully for his own tennis elbow). Might be worth an investigation. Warning though, the jabs bloody hurt as unlike steroid shots, no local anaesthetic can be used!

 

[mrandmrspoves]

I don't think PRP would be useful because all the inflammation is being caused by the calcium deposits. In some places they have used sound waves to break the calcium up - but the procedure is very painful and the results are not particularly impressive so far.

 

[vickster]

Ah ok, is there anything dietary / supplements that may help? That said, if you have a good OS then I am sure he would have suggested such things

 

[mrandmrspoves]

Ah ok, is there anything dietary / supplements that may help? That said, if you have a good OS then I am sure he would have suggested such things

No dietary recommendations made.....but all the time I spent off my bike meant I needed a diet!