OT: tendonitis issue

[24giovanni]

Does anyone know of anything that helps comfort tendonitis? Plz let me know.

thx

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[CanadianBruinsFan]

Gonna need more information.

Where is it, how long has it persisted, what movements bother it, how painful is it, is there any numbness, etc.

 

[CanadianBruinsFan]

Anyway I'm busy all day and not gonna revisit this. There isn't much you can do besides ice, rest, lack of activity and strengthening of the area through physio etc.

Also, not to sound condescending but why post it here instead of searching on WebMD or orthopedics.com or something? You'll get a quicker answer and much better than my athletic therapist opinion. I doubt there are many physicians or orthopaedic surgeons on the boards.

 

[24giovanni]

Anyway I'm busy all day and not gonna revisit this. There isn't much you can do besides ice, rest, lack of activity and strengthening of the area through physio etc.

Also, not to sound condescending but why post it here instead of searching on WebMD or orthopedics.com or something? You'll get a quicker answer and much better than my athletic therapist opinion. I doubt there are many physicians or orthopaedic surgeons on the boards.

Well i figured some athletes in high school or college have had it may know something about it so they would know what is best. I do not know why i need to explain this to anyone.

 

[24giovanni]

Gonna need more information.

Where is it, how long has it persisted, what movements bother it, how painful is it, is there any numbness, etc.

In my shoulder for the past 4 days. Waking up every 2 hours in pain. Already taking aleve and it is not helping any.

 

[CanadianBruinsFan]

In my shoulder for the past 4 days. Waking up every 2 hours in pain. Already taking aleve and it is not helping any.

K I lied I'm still here. Apologize if I came off as a dick but you really will get better answers elsewhere. Have you been diagnosed by a physician? 4 days of pain and a self diagnosis might not necessarily mean tendinitis. If it's bad enough that you're waking up every 2 hours because of the pain, that sounds more like rotator cuff damage or deltoid maybe. Tendinitis is normally an overuse thing, that comes on over time, not non-existent and then Boom, 4 straight days of pain.

Anyway you're not going to get a proper answer unless someone does a physical assessment on you or I ask you 300 questions, in which time this thread will be shut down. Make an appointment with a physician and good luck.

 

[24giovanni]

K I lied I'm still here. Apologize if I came off as a dick but you really will get better answers elsewhere. Have you been diagnosed by a physician? 4 days of pain and a self diagnosis might not necessarily mean tendinitis. If it's bad enough that you're waking up every 2 hours because of the pain, that sounds more like rotator cuff damage or deltoid maybe. Tendinitis is normally an overuse thing, that comes on over time, not non-existent and then Boom, 4 straight days of pain.

Anyway you're not going to get a proper answer unless someone does a physical assessment on you or I ask you 300 questions, in which time this thread will be shut down. Make an appointment with a physician and good luck.

yes, a doctor told me it is tendonitis. She prescribed a med but it is not helping. I am trying here for maybe some self help remedy that someone tried and it helped.

 

[CanadianBruinsFan]

yes, a doctor told me it is tendonitis. She prescribed a med but it is not helping. I am trying here for maybe some self help remedy that someone tried and it helped.

OK in this case I would ask for a referral for a physiotherapist, or depending on where you live I'm not sure if you need one, how your insurance works, etc. Either way, go to physio. There aren't really any tricks per se for getting rid of it. I've treated athletes with it and if it got bad enough they had to miss games, it was resolved within a few weeks with active treatment.

It's inflammation of a tendon, in your case the cause might be a bone spur from the scapula, or some other form of impingement (pinching) of one of the tendons of the rotator cuff.

At physio they can do things for the pain, like acupuncture, dry needling, TENS machine (ultrasound therapy), massage, in-clinic exercises and instructions for at-home exercises to improve the condition.

It's not going to get better unless you actively take care of it, and that starts by resting the shoulder as much as you can. The more activity = more abrasion = more discomfort and damage. In some cases tendinitis requires surgery if it gets bad enough, or steroid injections (cortisone) to numb the pain. However, if you're diligent enough and attend physio (my suggestion), it won't come to this.

Again, good luck.

 

[Minny Shinny]

yes, a doctor told me it is tendonitis. She prescribed a med but it is not helping. I am trying here for maybe some self help remedy that someone tried and it helped.

Go to your doctor and ask for an orthopedic consult.

There aren't any "self-cures" to heal any of the things you speculate about.

 

[ReggieMoto]

Does anyone know of anything that helps comfort tendonitis? Plz let me know.

thx

Ibuprofen, maybe some vicodin/t3, rest (as in don't use) the limb in question. Will take a while. Nothing instantaneous but a trip to the doc and a cort injection might be helpful more quickly.

 

[CDJ]

I have/have had tendonitis in my bicep/tricep and deltoid from pitching in baseball. It is certainly a *****. I used a corticosteroid cream that would help temporarily relieve the inflammation before I would go out and pitch. It would work a bit, but it wasn't great.

Honestly, and it sucks to say, but tendonitis is one of those things that ice and rest work the best. Physical therapy helped for awhile (before I reinjured myself). I sympathize for you though, and hope you feel better soon!

 

[JAD]

Try moist heat – soak a towel in hot water (as hot as you can stand to the touch) and wrap it around your shoulder the best you can. Use another dry towel to hold the heat in. Repeat two or three times – this should help to some degree for immediate comfort, but it will take time true healing to occur.
Aleve works best if taken with IB - continuously over a number of days.
Ice works best when the injury first happens to help prevent swelling but after the fact moist heat is usually the way to go.

 

[qc]

Go down the packie and buy yaself somethin' nice

 

[Shaun]

Try alternating hands once in a while.

 

[Alicat]

Go to your doctor and ask for an orthopedic consult.

There aren't any "self-cures" to heal any of the things you speculate about.

I second this. An orthopod will likely want multiple tests including X-rays, MRI and in some cases, a CT scan. You need to find out what is causing the tendonitis first before being treated. Joint pain is not something to mess with.

Try alternating moist heat and ice as well as taking an antiinflamitory, like ibuprofen every 4 hours or so. You can't take more than 2 Aleive a day or you will reck your stomach.

I had tendonitis in my ankle and ended up with a cortisone shot to relieve the pain and ease the swelling. They aren't fun.

 

[nfld77]

24giovanni , I had it in my shoulder too. I'm taking narcotics for my back{I have degenerated disc desease from lower back to neck} yet I still found my shoulder hurt..I rubbed A5 3-5 on it and then used a cold lotion..Going from hot to cold was recommended by my Dr...I gotta say it helped a lot...Hope this is of some good to you and hope you feel better soon

 

[acr*]

Try alternating hands once in a while.

 

[Sevren]

You generally need to apply cold to help decrease inflammation but if your tendinitis is caused by arthritis you may feel better by applying heat. If you are unsure, you should try both and see which one works best for you. Magic Bag is your friend.

You should also take Ibuprofen to help decrease inflammation, up to three 200 mg tablets at a time.

A cortisone injection would also decrease inflammation.

You may have to find another sleeping position. Avoid sleeping on your shoulder.

It will take weeks before inflammation is completely gone so give your shoulder the rest it needs.

 

[Bruins Uncensored]

Acupuncture. go do it for 4sessions, see if it helps. Clears up a 4year case of tennis elbow for me about 3years ago, and I haven't felt any pain since.

 

[BNHL]

I have/have had tendonitis in my bicep/tricep and deltoid from pitching in baseball. It is certainly a *****. I used a corticosteroid cream that would help temporarily relieve the inflammation before I would go out and pitch. It would work a bit, but it wasn't great.

Honestly, and it sucks to say, but tendonitis is one of those things that ice and rest work the best. Physical therapy helped for awhile (before I reinjured myself). I sympathize for you though, and hope you feel better soon!

Bingo! 1.REST.2.NSDAIDs 3.ICE. Not a big believer in PT,most ailments self resolve if rested and protected.

 

[StrBender]

OK in this case I would ask for a referral for a physiotherapist, or depending on where you live I'm not sure if you need one, how your insurance works, etc. Either way, go to physio. There aren't really any tricks per se for getting rid of it. I've treated athletes with it and if it got bad enough they had to miss games, it was resolved within a few weeks with active treatment.

It's inflammation of a tendon, in your case the cause might be a bone spur from the scapula, or some other form of impingement (pinching) of one of the tendons of the rotator cuff.

At physio they can do things for the pain, like acupuncture, dry needling, TENS machine (ultrasound therapy), massage, in-clinic exercises and instructions for at-home exercises to improve the condition.

It's not going to get better unless you actively take care of it, and that starts by resting the shoulder as much as you can. The more activity = more abrasion = more discomfort and damage. In some cases tendinitis requires surgery if it gets bad enough, or steroid injections (cortisone) to numb the pain. However, if you're diligent enough and attend physio (my suggestion), it won't come to this.

Again, good luck.

I ended up going to a sports therapist when I had the same problem with my shoulder. It took a few visits, but without it, it would never had improved. I feel your pain

 

[nmbr_24]

I have been going through this. Cortisone injections help a little temporarily for me but I am only allowed to get them in the area 3 times per year. I have already had 3 surgeries to fix the problem then remove excess scar tissue but it has been a year and it isn't any better. The doctors say they ha e done all they can and they give me anti inflammatory medication if I ask for something but honestly, ibuprofen works just as well for me. Ibuprofen, rest, and ice is really the only things that have an effect on me that I have found.

 

[Deedot]

Actually, tendonitis can seem to come out of nowhere without any notice. The key is to get a doctor's review of the area in your shoulder to determine the likely root cause. You can go to a site like WebMD and get some general information about it but an orthopedic specialist can determine if there's rotator cuff damage (arm would have very little strength in certain positions) or another diagnosis such as an impingement which can cause the tendons to inflame.

I know firsthand about the latter area and the pain came on all of a sudden and made me fear about a torn rotator cuff which upon examination was ruled out. I'm working through rehab but required a cortisone injection to help eliminate the swelling in the area. Now it's light weights (high rep) with dumbells, stretching, icing and rest. Good luck with your shoulder.

 

[LSCII]

Try alternating hands once in a while.

How did I just know that someone would throw this one out there? Can't say that I'm disappointed by it either...

 

[Rookie Chargers]

The displaced rib that I was told was my problem is in my opinion tendonitis.

I mowed the lawn yesterday and used the edge trimmer. It hadn't feel good like that in a week. Had 2 chiro sessions but the pain is still there. The pain moves around a bit, from the top of my back to the neck, across to my shoulder, down to the elbow and it occurs that I get shocks on my wrist.

No I am not changing hands, I am right handed and my pain is on my left side. Even laughing hurts.

Don't wish you are having the same pain.