Hi all , after 3 steroid injections and loads of physio Znd an MRI I hVe been diagnosed with tendinitis in my left shoulder. Any advice ? X

[antibes]

[antibes]

Sorry typo 2 steroid jabs

[alibromo]

Hi i have it in my right shoulder along with impingemet syndrome. After many injections that haven't helped i have been offered the opperation but they have said can't guarentee it will work & it could make it worse. The only thing i can say as helped with the dicomfort & pain is Gabapentin i went from 3 a day to 6 but i can honestly say it really does help. Good luck i know how you feel xx Alison

[antibes in reply to alibromo]

Hi Allison thanks for your reply sorry to hear you have it too if I find anything that gets rid of it I'll let you know. It's such a pain in every sense xx

[Joeyrabbit]

I have it in my left shoulder as well. Doesn't seem to be going away. Try to keep the muscles around it strong thru exercise, but do not do any exercise that makes it feel worse. If it hurts, don't do it. That was a mistake I was doing for a while, thinking if I could work thru the pain, it would get better.

[antibes in reply to Joeyrabbit]

Thanks for your reply. Mine doesn't seem to go either it gets a bit better then comes back if I have any joy with anything I'll let you know I'm still having physio and am going to have some accupuncture too. It's so frustrating xx

[k3let]

Sorry can t offer any advice but I can sympathise greatly. I have had three steroid injection over the last year in my left shoulder, each time improving my pain greatly. I am not sure what they will offer next. Never had a scan on my shoulder and even though pain leaves with a steroid I still do not have full movement back. Really interested to hear how you get on so I can maybe suggest the same to my rheumy. Hope you get some relief soon xx

[antibes in reply to k3let]

Thanks for your response I'll update if I m given anything that works well. Xx

[earthwitch]

Not sure if you had the steroid injection right inside the joint, or into the tendon. If it was the tendon, and you have now been diagnosed with tendonitis, then please don't let them do any more injections into it until you have asked some very strong questions about the outcomes - there have been a lot of studies recently that show that steroids injected into tendons can contribute to the tendon getting very brittle and nasty tendon ruptures, so they aren't recommended any more, though there are other solutions that can be injected for relief. Steroid injections are fine if its into the synovial space of the joint though.