While I sit and wait to find a physio and/or doctor to help me out I thought I'd ask around on here see if anyone has had a similar issue. Maybe there is a physio on here that could give me some good advice. I've been taking ibuprofen when needed but would rather not rely on this.
Got a pain in what feels like the front of my shoulder, it's quite a sharp feeling pain and it's also giving me some numbness in the arm, not a lot but enough to feel a bit odd. I've was out quite a bit last week riding (some of it hike a bike) and painting rooms in the house so lots of reaching up above head and repetitive movement.
I did have some surgery on the shoulder 2 years ago to fix a subluxation issue so it's possibly related to that. I'm on a waiting list to see a physio and also trying to get to the docs but they're hard to get an appointment with still so just after some advice or to see if anyone has had something similar. Cheers
I've had a frozen shoulder, left, and currently have something similar in my right - might be a different situation to you but I've done my fair share of shoulder physio.
Bad news is that the shoulder is a very complex joint so no one can give you specific diagnosis without seeing you and giving you a poke. Even then, we have bullshit catch-all terms like 'frozen shoulder' because a precise diagnosis is not possible for most physios.
Good news, though, is that these sort of shoulder issues are very common so there is a wealth of physio resource on yt etc so I think you could experiment your way around it and build up a picture of what might help, whilst you wait. e.g. The pectoral stretch with your forearm up against a doorframe is a classic frozen shoulder rehab - will be sore AF if you've got an impingement on the go (and if it is properly hurting, shouldn't be done).
Slightly dispiriting thing for me with my left shoulder issue was that it came on for no reason, and despite me doing a decent effort on the physio, I think it went for no reason. I never really connected a particular exercise as giving relief or being helpful, aside from the mental aspect of thinking I was tackling it pro-actively (which is important).
I've had a different shoulder pain inexplicably come on in the last ~24 hours, a few hours after a work shift. Smack bang inbetween my shoulder blades. Awful night's sleep, reluctant to head out on a bike partly because pain sometimes spikes up if I try to turn my head to look behind me, tempted to try a turbo ride and consider raising the bars.
Go private for the physio if you can. 50 odd quid instead of waiting lists (I assume you're through the NHS). If your arms tingle I'd guess either your chest is tight and pushing your shoulders forward (constricting blood supply/nerves). Tightness in front shoulder could also be a very tight biceps, have a prod and see if you find any tight and sore spots). Given your surgical history there could be other stuff (I'm not an expert). Your traps could also be tight if you've been painting, grab hold of them with your thumb and have a poke).
currently suffering with this (I think). The end result of having puny arms an not being able to hold my weight flying forward when my chain snapped while still holding onto the bars.
Cheers all, I'll be doing a mix of private (paid for physio) and NHS I think. Using the NHS just in case I need x-rays or things like that which sometimes physios don't have. I have used physio before, when I first had the subluxation and they were great. I did get surgery through the NHS eventually but the physio really helped speed things up.
Every time I feel it twinge it is a sharp felling pain and it sends a shoot of numbness down my arm, which I kind of feel in my little finger mainly. It's just a dull pain otherwise and it's definitely felt front/front top of the shoulder.
Go private for the physio if you can. 50 odd quid
Yeah hate to say it but that's what I do (they're all NHS trained and many will be also working for the NHS same as private medics), it's just this is how it seems to work. And then rehab exercises couple of times a day forever. Shoulders are complicated though and mine are just a long way out of manufacturer's warranty. I've a bad one that road bike really gets when going downhill but mountain bike's absolutely fine, and surfing really buggers them up, but waddya gonna do? (Not roadbike much).
I've had an impinged shoulder following an accident where the tendons clunked on bone spurs causing pain and swelling, which resulted in tingling in the arm. Fixed with subacromial decompression surgery although that took 18 months recovery before it was 100% again, not 3 months. Was still painful pulling on the bars for 18 months. It's now 'better' than the none operated shoulder for smooth movement.
Physio first as they can easily identify the cause.