Not all shoulder pains are rotator cuff. My dad went through years of cortisone, therapy, etc. before his was finally diagnosed as a pinched nerve. After the surgery to repair the pinched spacing, no more shoulder pain. A second opinion is always worthwhile before the knife. At 01:19 PM 9/26/98 -0500, John Somers wrote: > John Waddington, Robert Cline and others interested in shoulder injury >information: > >My shoulder problems lingered for over a year through cortisone injections, >much physical therapy, rest, high doses of ibuprofen, etc. When I finally >had MRI-supported diagnosis followed by orthoscopic, then open-shoulder >surgery, the surgeon found a much larger tendon tear than he had suspected. > So here's some input. ,,, (o o) ==================oOO--(_)--OOo========================== Bob Washburn whiterabbit_at_iw.edwpub.com or rwashbu_at_siue.edu The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. ========================================================= *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Sep 26 1998 - 15:33:17 PDT
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