Happy New Year
Re shoulder issues - Don't get me started
I'm currently having physiotherapy treatment and next week is my third visit, the band and other various exercises haven't helped. The physio is going to refer me to a NHS specialist because he fears there may be calcium deposits under the shoulder which is the root cause of the pain. The operation is keyhole day surgery but i think it's worth it if i could just have a nights sleep without that nagging pain (no i don't mean the wife and no, the surgeon didn't study at Yale University)
If and when i do have an op, i'll contribute a post on the subject - I'm a student of Krav Maga so the outcome may be of interest to you guys who do martial arts and have similar problems
so how are you wfpoling day in/day out?do you just work through the pain and take ibuprofen?
a shoulder injury is a window cleaners worse nightmare these days.....
I've had shoulder problems since 2013 and to be honest i ignored the pain until it became a real concern and common sense kicked in about treating the condition.
Ibuprofen were not good long term for me and the
ibuprofen gel didn't touch it. The doctor then prescribed
co-codamol which i took at night to gain a some pain relief just to get some sleep. If i can just say, i wish i'd never gone down the
co-codamol route, if you could inscribe the warning "the devil incarnate" on a prescription drug packaging, that would be my choice of wording for these tablets, steer clear at your peril. As far as day to day coping with shoulder pain and cleaning windows, i tend to only use my right arm to steady the pole and lift with my left.
The above is only my opinion on the use of prescribed medication but it is written from the heart from someone who's lived comfortably numb through the 60's & 70's.