Injury in October, still no relief (Neck/ Shoulder)?
Don’t comment on telling me to go to a doctor, I have been and still am. I want real commentary, not some rude comment. Thanks.
Anyway, I was involved in a car accident in October 08. I was at a complete stop when I was rear ended by an SUV going 50 mph and slammed into the car in front of me. I went to the hospital where I was diagnosed with a partially separated shoulder and whiplash. I then went to an orthopedic who told me I had a neck strain. He had me get an MRI (which was a wk after the wreck) and it showed no bulging disks. He later told me the facet joints coming off of my spine were unaligned. He put me on pain medication, rest w/ cervical collar, then to PT. PT released me back to him because there was too much inflammation to realign the joints. Pain was not resolved. I went back and he diagnosed me with shoulder bursitis due to the shoulder separation. He then gave me a cortisone injection directly into the shoulder joint. Pain resolved a little in my shoulder but was back after two weeks. I went back and he wanted to try an epidural cervical block, where they make injections directly to the facet joints. It provided no relief at all. He then made me have a bone scan done to check for fractures. It showed no fractures. I go back tomorrow. Anyone with any ideas, or any similar experiences? It is not Feb. almost March and I have no relief. The pain lately has seemed to get worse. I have had headaches, pain on the left side of my face, tingling & numbness in left arm, pain in left shoulder blade, pain and swelling in left side of neck, swelling on the back of my head on the left side just below the occipital lobe, loss of range and motion, difficulty swallowing sometimes. The pain has been so bad some days that it had caused me to vomit due to its intensity.
Also, he has seemed to try every method of nonsurgical treatment, should I consider surgery?
Thanks so much.
was looking for someone who may have shared the experience, or any ideas. I wasn’t looking for someone to diagnose me.
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I mean dude internet users can not tell you what doctors can, you just have to wait and listen. As for my guess it could be something else entirely, an example is my arm, my arm has been hurting like crazy for the past few weeks and I just thought my mussel was inflamed so i iced it, anti-inflamitorys ect. then a day i decide to throw the baseball around and then my arm snaps, just like that threw a baseball then SNAP later to find out it was my bone had weakened my mussel had nothing to do with it. Im just throwing that out there so best of luck to ya.
did you only have one MRI? Sounds like you need another one. Could be Arnold Chiari Malformation. It can show up after an accident.