Problem started after about 3 weeks

Up until then, I had been gradually improving every day. Then one day, it was horrible, and it hasn't really improved a bit since then. I don't know if I slept on it wrong or if I aggrivated it somehow (I don't recall anything specific, but I was beginning to "use" my shoulder by then).

Just got back from the doc. He moved it around a lot and it pretty sure it is just inflammation. When he moves my arm around, it was fine...only hurts if I try use any of the muscles around the shoulder. Trying a different NSAID and I kinda talked him into giving me a cortizone shot (if the issue is just inflammation, that should in theory help). He just wants me to rest it for a bit now.

If I don't start seeing improvement shortly, I'll probably go for a 2nd opinion at UVA or MCV.

In response to this post by Upwind of uva

Posted: 07/27/2018 at 11:21AM

Anyone have post-surgery recovery go sideways on them? -- Tafkam Hokie 07/26/2018 4:18PM

I'm having similar shoulder issues now. Any throwing motion or big reach -- Late 80s Hokie 07/27/2018 08:41AM

Maybe it's frozen shoulder. You could have been babying it. -- GFallsFan 07/26/2018 5:56PM

You definitely need to get another doctor's opinion like Femoyer Hokie said ** -- 1MetroHokie 07/26/2018 5:23PM

My dad went through a nightmare with his knee replacement -- Tafkam Hokie 07/26/2018 6:17PM

And, had you listened to The Lounge doctors you wouldn't be having this -- Brown Water 07/26/2018 4:35PM

Surgery is for wussies. Suck it up buttercup. ** -- Stork 07/26/2018 5:51PM

#1 Lounge advice: Rub some dirt on it. ** -- EDGEMAN 07/26/2018 5:04PM

...tussin ** -- chumley 07/26/2018 5:52PM

If it was my elbow, that might not be so bad -- Tafkam Hokie 07/26/2018 4:46PM

Stonewall Jackson approves this post ** -- TomTurkey 07/26/2018 4:47PM

And Stonewall cannot blame pneumonia either ** -- 1MetroHokie 07/26/2018 5:24PM

Left with drinking heavily ** -- TomTurkey 07/26/2018 4:41PM

I'd lead with, "Doc, I hope your malpractice insurance is up to date" ** -- Brown Water 07/26/2018 4:34PM

I’d either start with another surgeon to review or an attorney. Don’t think -- Femoyer Hokie 07/26/2018 4:24PM

What procedure did you have for the impingement? Subacromial decompression? -- Upwind of uva 07/26/2018 9:18PM

Never got the medical name for what they did. -- Tafkam Hokie 07/27/2018 08:47AM

If they shave the clavicle (i.e., the impingement was in the AC joint)... -- Upwind of uva 07/27/2018 11:12AM

Problem started after about 3 weeks -- Tafkam Hokie 07/27/2018 11:21AM

Cool deal. Good luck. ** -- Upwind of uva 07/27/2018 12:42PM

Problem started after about 3 weeks

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