so i hit something pretty hard last night with my left shoulder. now it hurts to move it around. nothing is swollen. i can move it certain ways but not others.

is this my rotator cuff? will it heal on it's own.

I dont feel like going to a hospital about it yet.
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3/23/2008 10:07:37 AM

it'll be fine.

take an NSAID like ibprofehenenenen or aleve and don't call me in the morning.

3/23/2008 10:12:42 AM

hoolller

3/23/2008 10:13:46 AM

you should prolly provide more details about said injury. you don't just hit your shoulder and automatically have a rotator cuff injury. there's plenty of other tendons etc in your shoulder that you could injure

3/23/2008 2:23:47 PM

it'll be fine.

take an NSAID like ibprofehenenenen or aleve and don't call me in the morning.

3/23/2008 2:26:19 PM

i can move my arm around with aid of my other hand with little to no pain. but once i have it rely on it's own muscle/tendons lots of pain.

3/23/2008 6:04:34 PM

from 1 to 10.

thats the pain raiting. anythin 9 and under, dont worry about it

3/23/2008 8:33:24 PM

I hate when doctors ask you to rate the amt. of pain your in. lol to get in quicker ill say a higher number tho.

3/23/2008 10:30:58 PM

bigger question: how's your insurance?

3/24/2008 2:06:45 AM

yah, hows your deductible if you goto emerg. room

3/24/2008 8:07:50 AM

Give yourself the musculoskeletal exam and save a trip to the dr's office:

http://meded.ucsd.edu/clinicalmed/Joints2.html

3/24/2008 8:49:00 AM

update, it was a separated shoulder, tore 3 ligaments. it'll look popped up for life but i can lift again. so that's cool

4/21/2008 12:17:06 AM

If it only hurts while moving, it could just be a hairline fracture, which will fix itself relatively quickly, if you go easy on it.

[Edited on April 21, 2008 at 1:26 AM. Reason : didn't read thread ]

4/21/2008 1:25:52 AM

attn: tww

asking people on tww for medical advice is not the best course of action

Quote :

"I hate when doctors ask you to rate the amt. of pain your in. lol to get in quicker ill say a higher number tho."

we know that this is completely subjective so (at least with me) it doesn't carry much weight, i look more at whether you're able to talk/ambulate/etc. without obvious signs of distress... plus, it lets me know how credible the other information you're giving me is. if your pain is 10/10, you shouldn't be able to tell me that in a complete sentence.

it's just a dropdown box on the computer that we have to fill in before submitting the note.

4/21/2008 3:12:26 AM