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Originally Posted by sideblinded
I am in pain so I went to an orthopedist and complained of right shoulder pain. I mean bad shoulder pain. Radiating pain, sharp, dull, achey, burning and throbbing pain. The orthopedic doctor looked at an X-ray and of course found no breaks.
He gave me a muscle relaxer and said it is spasm of my rhomboid muscle. Hah...I have had this before and it didn't feel anything like this.
He ordered a muscle relaxer and physical therapy.
He said it could be shingles as I look like a shingles patient. I did get a strange rash on my leg about two months ago. Took antibiotics and it cleared right up.
The rash didn't look like the photos that were supplied on the internet.
Could this be shingles? I know you cannot diagnose but has this happened to anyone else?
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Hi, sorry to hear about your pain. Chiropractors, in my experience, are not worth it. Physical therapy is much more helpful.
One thing I would suggest: Try to notice patterns in your pain. Is it constant or sporadic ? Is it dull or acute ? What times of day ? When you're doing what ? What makes it worse/better ?
Your PT is going to ask you these Qs. Patterns always help. Good news is, and this is coming from someone who's always got something hurting (I lift weights) ... the body is generally pretty good at correcting small imbalances and wounds, to an extent.
Speaking of muscle relaxers, have you done any foam rolling ? Did your doc mention it ? It can do wonders. It's kind of like a massage.
I don't know anything about shingles, but anyway, PT is the way to go.