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Regular Joe
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So here's the deal... I'm desperate. I hurt my shoulder about three months ago and nothing seems to be helping with the pain. I've been to myotherapy with no relief. Heat, ice, motrin, tylenol, and even the hard stuff doesn't touch it and even a trip to ortho and a shot of cortizone didn't make it go away. The xrays showed a small spur and my shoulder growing into what looks like a hook. Surgery is not really an option for me and I would kind of like to sleep soon. Of course, being able to exercise with the full vigor I am used to would be a blessing as well. Anyone got any advice?
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| Did the Doc come out and say that it was a bone spur? I had a few guys I know that had bone spurs on their heels and I think they had to do the surgery thing to get relief. Good Luck.
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He did show me on the xray where a little spur is growing and the swelling around it. I'm thinking an MRI may give more insight, but don't really know if its warranted. After the cortizone shot yesterday he tells me to call if I don't have any relief. Well... I called and haven't heard back of course. Someone suggested Glucosamine sp? and something else, but the name escapes me.
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| If you only had the cortizone yesterday, it is way too early to see improvement. Actually, for the first couple of days after the shot, it may feel worse. I have tendonitis and borsitis and found cortizone shots to be worthless. Nothing seemed to help and I have just sort of accustomed to living with it. The biggest drawback is not being able to lift weights or do hard labor--which sucks. Your case sounds completely different though.
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| "Glucosamine and Chondroitin" is an OTC remedy for joint structure and function. I would check with the DR. on that. Sorry to read of your pain.
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As far as I know if you have a spur the only way you are going to get back to one hundred percent is to have the surgery.
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If it's a spur, then get it fixed via surgery as no other option aside from just sucking up and enduring the increasing pain is available for the condition.
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I had something similar on my right knee when I was in high school. On the x-ray it looked like a largr rose bush thorn. The doc decided to go in and surgically remove it during spring break, which was 4 months later. By the time it was removed it had grown to a bone tumor the size of a golf ball, but luckily was not malignant and it never reappeared.
If I were you, I wouldn't mess around, go into surgery and have it removed. You will never have any relief otherwise as the spur will interfere with the normal movement etc. of the muscles and other tissues around it resulting in pain. Plus, it could be the early stages of somthing much worse.
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