Suggest Treatment For Severe Shoulder Pain

Posted on Sun, 16 Mar 2014

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Question : yes I am a 69 year old woman have had hip replacement and 2 months ago surgery on my neck removing two discs the surgery was in Ocober 2013 - instead or removing 1 he removed 2 saying that my bones were soft I am still in a lot of pain and the only thing I get from him is nothing please help me. I am in so much pain now that I cannot lift my left arm all the way up. I went to physical therapy. in a matter of fact this doctor was sending me to pain management saying it was my lower back but it was my hip bone on bone - he completely missed this and had to have hip replacement at Langone please can u help me

Answered by Dr. Mukesh Chugh (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: Drug's like pregablin and Methylcobalmine helps Detailed Answer: Hello Thanks for your query . I have gone through the detail description of your suffering. Please tell me about the drug’s you are taking in the follow up query? Beside pain is there numbness or weakness of grip? The drug’s given in pain of cervical origin usually are pregablin/gabapentin along with methylcobalmine. Regarding osteoporosis (softness of bone) which could be the cause of your shoulder pain, you may have calcium, vitamin D, and bisphosphonate drugs along with neck and shoulder exercise. A short course of cortisone also helps. Since, the above mentioned drugs are prescription drug’s, to have them discuss and contact your local doctor. Physiotherapy by way of TENS and short way diathermy also help. Take care and I shall be glad to answer any further query. Regards

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