An xray is very simple & as we know....no pain until they twist the sore part. I thought for sure that my shoulder was just bruised from my horse fall last week......it seems that usually my pains never show up anything totally seriously.....WRONG. I realized that after a week, the pain was not improving & if anything was getting worse after starting to use my arm a little more & even back to riding again. I had a knee reconstruction 19 years ago with a wonderful orthopedic specialist. He gave me a rule of thumb to go with & that was: If you have an injury & it doesn't start to improve within a week then there is usually something more serious wrong.....& he has been correct 100%. I had an xray done today & it is not a fracture...it is a break. It is better to know for sure than to guess wrong & end up worse off in the long run.