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HELLO DR. I AM 66 YRS OF AGE, I GO TO THE GYM 3-4 TIMES A WEEK...GET IN A GOOD WORKOUT.. MY LEFT SHOULDER FOR SOME REASON IS REALLY WEAK AND PAINFUL...DOING LATERAL RAISES AND FRONT RAISES ARE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE...HALF THE WEIGHT THAN ON MY RIGHT SIDE, BUT THEN A DAY LATER, ESPECIALLY TWO DAYS LATER I CAN HARDLY LIFT MY ARM...I'VE HAD X=RAYS DONE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEY TELL ME IT'S NOT THE ROTATER CUFF...ANY IDEAS WHAT IS CAUSING THE WEAKNESS...THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER THREE MONTHS NOW...THANK YOU..