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What Could Cause Throbbing Left Shoulder Pain?
I have throbbing pain in my left shoulder and sometimes it travels all the way to my fingers where I experience a tingling sensation. It s not really bad but more annoying. I do physical work for a living but doesn t bother me anymore when using my shoulder to do tasks. Just curious what it might be
Thu, 14 Feb 2019
Hi,
As what I see with your complaint that the pain is kind of Radiating in nature from the shoulder up to the fingers down. There might be two possibilities based on your physical job. Either it might be having a cervical disc nerve entrapment and other can be a ulnar neuritis.
Now based on which finger is involved we can come to a conclusion as all the 5 fingers of the hand are having nerve supply from different nerves. If you get tingling sensation in the first fingers that is the thumb, the index finger and the middle finger half than it will be related to a cervical disc nerve entrapment.
In case if it is related to the last two fingers like the ring and little finger it could be ulnar neuritis. To even come closer to a conclusion we need to assess your upper limb and some more query to be answered by you that can help us to diagnose it more precisely.
To sum up with the therapy part, you need to strength the muscles of the neck and also the triceps. whose videos you can find online and rest assured, you should be doing good in 2-3 weeks of time to the maximum.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Jay Indravadan Patel,
Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist
As what I see with your complaint that the pain is kind of Radiating in nature from the shoulder up to the fingers down. There might be two possibilities based on your physical job. Either it might be having a cervical disc nerve entrapment and other can be a ulnar neuritis.
Now based on which finger is involved we can come to a conclusion as all the 5 fingers of the hand are having nerve supply from different nerves. If you get tingling sensation in the first fingers that is the thumb, the index finger and the middle finger half than it will be related to a cervical disc nerve entrapment.
In case if it is related to the last two fingers like the ring and little finger it could be ulnar neuritis. To even come closer to a conclusion we need to assess your upper limb and some more query to be answered by you that can help us to diagnose it more precisely.
To sum up with the therapy part, you need to strength the muscles of the neck and also the triceps. whose videos you can find online and rest assured, you should be doing good in 2-3 weeks of time to the maximum.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Jay Indravadan Patel,
Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist
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