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Posted 10/22/2013 12:51 AM (GMT 0)
Started in 2010 with rhomboid local pain, some shoulder discomfort on lateral raises and rear delt work (Sharp pain).
Moved to shoulder and neck pain with over head activity (Also shoulder/tricep weakness), pressing exercises also had my tricep and shoulder really uncomfortable.
Neck pain from day to day…jaw tightness. (Scalene tight like a rope, limited range of motion)
Hand numbness, weakness in the pinky and index finger, ulnar nerve tightness all the way up the arm.
Rib cage tightness and chest pain, shoulder cracks when testing range of motion, anything overhead makes my neck fire and tightens up
This is all on the left side of my body.

Areas I feel it most:
-Scalene, SCM
-Rear delt, rhomboid
-Elbow, wrist
-Left side of rib cage near pec minor
-Upper back tension and cracking with inhalation

Things I have been told:
Rounded shoulders with neck tightness
shoulder impingement, weak core
Neck, spine sublixation, forward head posture
Tight lats, tight scalene, rotator cuff, shoulder impingement, thoracic tightness
C1 compression

No amount of stretching or needling has helped any longer then a couple of days, exercises aggravate symptoms, i've seen MAT specialists, physio, chiro, chinese medicine, sports physio...

Does anyone see any connection here? Or can I provide any other info that would help you?

Im a 21 year old healthy male with a great physique, been off working out for 6 months...Im desperate and running out of money, please.
Posted 10/22/2013 7:30 AM (GMT 0)
Hi. Joey and welcome to HW. Have you had any scans or an MRI by any of these folks you've seen? Even with that there's times when arthroscopic surgery is warranted to take a look. If your self pay and uninsured I'm guessing that's prevented them from actually doing more then guessing.

The fact that your athletic and probably spending a good deal of time in the gym probably leads them to believe its something your doing to keep it irritated if you will.

Although we're not Drs we've had a vast amount of experience with a vast amount of maladies and even more experience with how Drs think. It certainly sounds like a tear in the rotator cuff but there's only 2 ways of being sure, an MRI and arthroscopy.

If you can get into the Orthopedic department at a teaching hospital or even their sports medicine Drs they're more likely to be aggressive in finding you the answers.

Good luck and again welcome.
Posted 10/22/2013 7:06 PM (GMT 0)
Hey thanks in advance for you reply.

I have gotten an MRI of my neck in flexion and extension. I also got one of my spine last week and have a shoulder one next week!!! How could a rotator cause so much neck pain? It feels like thoracic outlet but the nerve conduction ruled that out. At the same time it doesn't mean it's not compressed. I also haven't been physically active in 5 months. I been off for that long trying to figure it out.
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