I tanked and painted three walls this summer and the last one, the biggest some 20 ft high by 30 wide was a strain. I over did it to beat the weather which I achived but was left with shoulder pain.
The doc gave me Tramadol and Na proxen. I hated the way the tramadol made me feel, rather dislocated and as the wife was out of action as well I felt I had to get off it. So I stopped it dead and (I was on 8 a day) and my god talk about three days or rather nights of hell. No sleep for three days. Erratic uncontrolable leg and arm movements, strong enough to throw off the duvet, itching and I could write a book here but it was no fun at all.
Ok so the doc suggested physio or and shoulder injections so I chose physio. Very nice guy explained to me I had no tear (evidenced from ultrasound scan) and I should just do everything as normal including going cycling again which I had stopped out of fear of doing more damage. He also mentioned that ultrasound as a treatment has been dropped. I am to do some light weight work to strengthen the tendons and carry on.
PH
