Aaargh

[chickenfeet]

I seem to have buggered up my shoulder. Last Monday's feeling of being hit repeatedly with a rubber hammer has turned into something much more localised and painful. I think I may have pinched a nerve in my left shoulder. I had trouble sleeping last night despite rather massive amounts of Ibuprofen and on a couple of occasions I lost feeling in my left hand. It's still just a bit tingly. I'm not absolutely sure what to do about it. I doubt that there is anything a doctor can do and I don't currently have a tame physio and wouldn't be able to afford more than a couple of visits if I did.

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[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Ow, sympathy. Especially on the losing feeling part, which I know I'd find pretty scary.

I don't really understand these things - would a pinched nerve sort itself out over time, if that's what it is?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

It's probably caused by swollen tissue pressing on the nerve so a few days and some anti-inflammatories should do the trick.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Oh, ok. I hope that works!

[c-mantix.livejournal.com]

Could be a virus too. My mom and I both have had pinched-nerve syndrome, as we call it now, for about 10 days. Came out of nowhere, it seemed, and hit us where we usually have twinges in our backs...

Pretty much all you can do is not move around too much and wait for the inflammation to go down :-(

Hope you feel better soon!

[itchyfidget.livejournal.com]

Yeep! :( Hope it rights itself. I gather that sometimes they work themselves free ... else, I guess there's some exercise somewhere that might help.

Wish you were nearer - my physio's a star.

When did we all start having physios??

[unblinkered.livejournal.com]

When did we all start having physios??

When we got old hit our 30th birthdays, I think....

[itchyfidget.livejournal.com]

Shhhhh ... I'm still 19!

[ex-ajhalluk585.livejournal.com]

Ouch!

Rather belatedly, great day on Saturday and hopefully we can catch up again after the current lunacy ends (Wed)

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I hope so. I keep seeing ITMA people (shades of Tony Hancock) wandering the streets with their tags looking like pre-labelled deer in the fall.

[ex-ajhalluk585.livejournal.com]

Ducking into the lobby of the Royal York or the Intercontinental on the hour is funny, too. Lost men in suits standing around looking hopefully at passing lost men in suits, like dogs in a dogs home waiting to be chosen and taken away.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Ah, you're still there? I'm gradually beginning to emerge from election mode and remember there's a thing called social life. Except I'm also remembering there's a thing called work. But maybe when you get back.

Kommissar, I hope the nerve is unpinched and painless shortly.

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Oddly and counterintuitively, I have had great good luck with applying lots and lots of heat to these things.

Hotpads, hot baths ... it often seems to loosen things up enough that a little very gentle stretching will shift the nerve back to where it belongs.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Certainly heat has been the best way of coping with the pain.

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

I would say some heat, some stretching, followed by ice and lots of anti-inflammatories.