Shoulder Rotator Cuff

The insurance company offered me $200. I think that’s ridiculous. I did not have surgery or an MRI. An MRI alone would cost over $200. My symptoms lasted several months. I think** I’m ok now, about a year later but I don’t do any strenous activity with that arm.

About 4 months after the accident, I tried to start my lawn mower and I believe I re-injured my arm by doing so. I didn’t tell anyone for fear that would nullify my claim.

I’m don’t believe I should sue or get a lot of $$$, but, I think the fact that I couldn’t do normal activities for a few months (pick up my daughter, start the mower, etc.) is worth more than $200.

The insurance co. paid $3600 to repair my car. This was a low speed (about 30mph), head on collision.

Another part of my question would be, how do I tell them what I think I deserve? I’ve been avoiding the adjuster for about 6 months now. I just don’t pick up the phone since the $200 offer

You should call an "injury" attorney. They will talk to you free and handle your case on a percentage basis. They will tell you if the offer is high enough. Dont try to negotiate with the insurance company on your own.

I am trying to make it through work, but I haven’t been able to work or sleep more than an hour a night for 3 nights because I have a horrible tickling, jumping sensation in my rotator cuff of my shoulder that will not stop. It is the most horrible sensation I have ever felt and it goes on all day and night

You should be through the worst within a week or so, but you could have some symptoms for 2 to 3 weeks. Your prescriber should have weened you off it gradually that would have minimized the withdraw effects.
Really there is not much that you can do except endure them. Maybe try some benadryl at bedtime to help with the sleep issue and some Tylenol for the other symptoms. Good luck

This happened to my husband after having rotator cuff surgery 5 weeks prior. After reviewing doctors’ reports it was noted that his liver enzymes were "high" and he was prescribed hydrocodone.

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Hepatosteatosis is defined as fat deposition in the liver that exceeds 5% of the total weight of liver, or with more than 5% of hepatocytes containing fat deposits under light microscopic examination[1]. It occurs under several disease states. The most common causes are alcohol, metabolic diseases, drugs, and nutritional disorders.
Chronic hepatitis C and hepatosteatosis have been shown to occur together often. It is thought that the hepatosteatosis of chronic hepatitis C is associated with the effects of viruses. In these patients, fat deposition appears to be an augmenting factor in liver damage[2-5].
In the literature, few data is available on the role of chronic hepatitis B, which forms an important disease group in hepatology, in steatosis. Some hepatitis C viruses are termed steatovirus[6,7]. No important study investigating the relationship between chronic hepatitis B and fatty liver and the effect of steatosis on the course of the disease is available.
In this study, whether the cause of fatty liver in chronic hepatitis B patients who received no previous treatment is due to viral or host factors and the role of fat deposition in liver damage were investigated.

is shooting down my arm when I move my arm in a certain angle.
Has anyone experienced the same symptoms and no a successful treatment for it?

Ask your physician to refer to to physical therapy. Your physical therapist will do a comprehensive examination to identify your causes of pain, impairments (decreased range of motion, strength, stability, etc), and limitations (can’t play golf, can’t work, etc). They will utilize modalities (ultrasound, electric stimulation, cold laser, ice/heat, etc) to control inflammation, swelling, and pain. They will show you come exercises to decrease pain and help solve your impairments and functional limitations to return you to your prior level of function.

I have a major problem about 2 weeks ago I fell full force onto my shoulder. The next day my neck and my shoulder hurt so bad I could barely move my arm at times it even felt numb but I could still feel the pain (I know it sounds weird but thats exactly what it felt like). I ended up waitng a week before finally going to the emergency room thinking that it was probably just a bruise or something the weird part was that I had no bruising and it wasnt swolen or anything. When I went to the emergency room I explained to the doctor that my arm felt really heavy I couldnt lift it to do my hair, put on a bra or a shirt, and my neck hurt so bad that it felt like I had torn something in it. The dc tried to lift my arms but I screamed so loud because I couldnt handle the bad pain I had between my shoulder, my shoulder blade and my neck He diagnosed me with a rotator cuff tear after diagnosing me he had me do some xrays and no bone was damaged. now I have all the same symptoms minus the pain.
The doctor sent me to an ortho but I have no insurance I dont know what to do. The ortho charges 300 just to see you. My question does this sound severe enough to actually look for someone to help or should I just give it a month and see if it gets better. And I meant to say I still have the pain it just goes and comes. Please help me. My injury happend on Nov 23 and I’m so confused. Does this sound like a rotator cuff tear. Thank you for reading my quesion!!

As far as I know you will have to have surgery by an orthopedic surgeon…it sounds like they maybe just gave you pain pills to get you out of the ER…what did they advise you to do about it??? It sounds like you don’t have insurance, so they got you out of the ER with only pain meds?

You need to see an orthopedic physician…you could call the public health department to see about free or low cost clinics..sometimes they refer patients from there to hospitals and sometimes can get any bills for treatment cancelled, but not sure about surgery…

I am a nurse, but not orthopedic nurse…I don’t have insurance either…best I could say would be without treatment to try to keep the movement to as little as possible…but eventually that would be a bad thing also, because you would eventually lose range of motion in your arm from loss of use.

You could threaten to get a lawyer and sue them for malpractice, but not sure if you have a case or not. You could also threaten to call the medical board in your state and complain about poor care from that hospital and see if that works. They did not properly care for your injury, but technically all they have to do is stabilize you (give pain meds) so that you can go home without being in danger of death from your injury or illness. You could raise Hell with the person in charge of the ER to see if they would at least reduce your bill since they did very little to help you and perhaps the ER doc should not have tried to raise your arms…he should have asked you to do it yourself…he may have caused further injury doing that…or maybe not.

I am 45 and a woman. I have been having pain in my shoulders and mid back, trouble breathing, and dizziness. I have been using my inhaler every 2 hours and have been taking 800mgs of motrin for the pain and a gas X and previcid for my stomach. The breathing problems seems better but I am still in some pain. My husband, a nurse, says I am not presenting the symptoms of a heart attack and thinks it is more upper respiratory related. I have also had sore shoulders for a while with limited movement that my doctor thinks is my rotator cuff. Do you think I should ride it out on pain meds and albutoral or go to the emergency room? I’m not in distress as much as I was. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Very good question. Women present much differently than men do when it comes to your hearts. Atypical is the typical in women. I’ve diagnosed heart attacks (myocardial infarctions) time and time again in women who only have shortness of breath, nausea, weakness, shoulder pain (rotator cuff!), etc.
The thing I hate hearing most from my patients is that they are having ‘gas’ pain. So many times it turns out to be cardiac.
When you go to the emergency room they will do an ekg, chest xray, and cardiac enzymes (heart labs), etc. However, this alone does not rule out a heart attack. They will most likely keep you overnight to do atleast two more ekg’s and heart labs seperated by six hours and after you ‘rule out’ they’ll probably do stress testing.
Other life threatening conditions such as pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in your lungs), etc can present in a similar fashion.
It may be nothing, but please don’t make the mistake of blowing this off. Go straight to the hospital and check it out. I don’t want to say what I do for a living on this forum, but please believe me you need to go get this checked out.

I am almost completely certain that i have a rotator cuff injury. I have all of the symptoms of it when i checked webmd.com
i was wondering if anyone knew how i could treat it. please dont tell me to go to the doctor. ive already tried it. not very helpful. anyway, my shoulders really hurt so i would appreciate it if you could help me. tell me how to treat it or strengthen it please.

Whatever needs to be done will need a diagnosis from a physician first. There are treatments recommended, therapy in order to increase the range of motion. that may be helpful Xray an MRI of the shoulder in order to know what area has damage, and needs attention. There is a lot on the subject, if you will place your question in the Google search engine, and select the area you need the information on. Best of luck, get well soon

Are you experienced with shoulder injuries? then please help! I have some symptoms of either tendonitis or a rotator cuff injury. I am experiencing pain when I move my right shoulder and I have a tender spot in my upper arm. I don’t have pain every time I move it but most of the time. Its like I’m getting brief breaks from pain and other times its almost unbearable. I am also experiencing tingling in my fingers of the affected arm. I have a constant dull ache. I can’t see my doc until friday at the earliest. Does this sound more like a tendonitis inflamation or rotator cuff? I might have hurt it lifting a heavy bag that I misjudged the weight of. I am treating it with rest, Ice, ibuprofen and I have a sling for when it really hurts. I saw my chiropractor yesterday but I’m still hurting. If you can help thanks. Again I will see an MD in a couple days so please don’t tell me "just ask the doc"
I don’t want suggestions for suppliments or anything like that. I’ll discuss that with my doctor

Actually, based on your symptoms, it could be either one. The only way to know if it is one or the another, is by physical evaluation and/or MRI of the area. I have had rotator cuff repair on each shoulder so, I know how painful it can be. Sometimes, for an accurate diagnosis, testing is required. For now, you are doing the correct things. The tingling sensation that you are getting in your fingers of the affected arm, is usually a sign that there is a nerve that’s being pinched. This could be caused by any neck trauma or injury, spinal column narrowing. Continue with the routine as far as your treatment of symptoms. Until you have further testing, it would be difficult to say if it is your rotator cuff or tendonitis. I hope that this helped some. Good Luck !!

Hi. I think i have a torn rotator cuff but i was wondering what the symptoms included. I looked on this website:
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/medical_services/ortho/shoulder/conditions/rotator/signs.html
and had all of the symptoms included. There was one feeling that I have but i am not sure if it is a symptom of a torn rotator cuff. I have pain throughout most of my arm. Is this a symptom of a torn rotator cuff? If not, what is it a symptom of? Also, approximately how long does it take to fully recover and what is the recovery process?

these should help

http://symptoms.webmd.com/default.htm
or
http://health.discovery.com/encyclopedias/encyclopedias.html

I keep getting symptoms of inflamation in my shoulder 6 months after having surgery. Is there any other options I should consider because my physician has stated he will not operate on my shoulder again which I agree 100% I would just like to do some of the activities I used to to without pain.

Are you in physical therapy or have you been in therapy? There are still things that can be done to decrease the inflammatory responses. Has the therapist tried physio-taping? That helps to allow the inflammatory response to lessen. At home use ice for fifteen to twenty minutes per hour. Are you exercising? You should still be working on the rotator cuff to restore a normal muscular balance between the muscles. What is your posture like? If your posture is poor then this too is a component that has to be worked on. If you are not in therapy get to a physical therapist who will look at all of these issues plus others that can only be identified upon seeing you. One last thing, has your doctor talked to you about scarring? Internal scarring causes a lot of problems and there is no good way to remove it. That could also lead to problems that might manifest itself as an inflammatory problem.