Brankin

[brankin]

Hi I am 76 and I am having pain in my upper right arm which is worse when I go to bed then its like a ache a.have been to docs and he is sending me wondered if any body else has had this problem.?

[Joanne1972]

I have pain in my upper right arm and mine is caused by entrapment of my radial nerve, it traps in my neck and then again in my shoulder blade. I have physio....only had one session on it this time tho and it's not helped yet and the excercise I was given to do started causing pain in my armpit so had to stop as don't want to damage the nerve anymore. Could be your pain changes when you lay down in bed as your spine or shoulder changes position.. I have had this a few times before, once my physio used tape all over my shoulder and neck area to relieve some pressure on the nerve...this worked really well and made it go for a while and was drug free 😃

The exercise I was given was stand near a wall with your right arm touching it...arm straight and then with your head facing front slowly lower your left ear to your left shoulder, stretching the right side of your neck....if it hurts stop but if it feels nice, my physio said do a few every hour

Oddly enough the lyrica I'm on for nerve pain doesn't help with this radial nerve pain

Hope you find what's causing your and get some relief soon

Jo

[Hidden]

Hi Brankin think you are a newbie - if so welcome to you - you've joined a very helpful and friendly forum - we can't diagnose what it's going on as we aren't medics we can only advise as to what we have gone through and what we have gone to relieve pain

Could be a trapped nerve - or a form of arthritis.

I had similar pain to you and it was bone spurs in my shoulder ( as well as Fibro I also suffer from spondylosis) I had an operation to shave them off and I've been fine since.

I hope you get to see the person your doc is sending you to soon. Hugsnkisses on their way 😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗

[liveituporgiveitup in reply to Hidden]

Hi toolie just thought I'd introduce self as I too have both fibro and cervical spondylitis amongst other things. I've been pushed to limit lately as both parents been ill so I've had so much running around and hardly been in my own home since sept 2016 so been a challenge. How do you cope with it all? Are you still able to work?

[Hidden in reply to liveituporgiveitup]

Morning Livitup and welcome to this wonderful forum where you will meet and make a lot of friends who will give you positive feedback and help you along the way.

Sorry to hear you've had a bit of a tough time trying to juggle things around with having both your parents I'll.

Cutting a long story as short as I can - I was diagnosed in 1986 with CS it was really bad at first had to wear a fitted collar 24 hrs a day for a month ( believe this isn't done anymore) I used to be a nurse and told by consultant couldn't go back to it and could only do office work - joined the civil service which I hated - finally took early retirement in 2006 and retired fully in 2010 - whilst in work I had good days and bad days suffered from tiredness etc meant to say earlier on that I did try acupuncture and it worked for about six months and came back with a vengeance by affecting both arms, shoulders and hands. I was on anti inflammatories but developed (late onset of asthma) so had to stop them - doc then put me on tramadol alongside paracetamol I don't take the tramadol as prescribed as I find I go to space 😂 But what I do take tends to keep pain at bay - have tried to get off them but the pains are too bad.

Earlier last year I started getting pains in tops of my legs when walking especially so when walking the dog it felt like they were going to seize up doc eventually diagnosed Fibro in June and put me on amytriptalene which has worked very well.

Depending how long you've had CS you will find it will calm down but like Fibro you've got it for life - I've learned to take one day at a time - do what I can when I can - dust sit down - Hoover sit down etc. I've also learned to be kind to myself - (doesn't always happen as get frustrated at not being able to do stuff I used to be able to do) it's not your fault it's one of those Health things that life throws you - plus when I joined this forum it made me thankful that I am not as affected by the Fibro as some of my Fibro friends are - I can get around without assistance and do most things myself.

I do hope your parents eventually become well again so you can concentrate on you - I had same problem with my mum and then dad later.

Sorry this was a bit long winded but wanted to give you an overview as short as I possibly could. Take care and I wish you well don't hesitate to come back if you need to. Hugsnkisses coming your way. 😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗

[liveituporgiveitup]

Sorry to hear you are in pain it hard to say whether people's pains and aches are the same thing if your doctor is sending you for investigations best maybe see what they say try not to panic it could be nerve ending pain or muscular even hard to say when not sure where or exactly what it is like. Sometimes we feel pain more at night because we aren't concentrating on anything else so our focus is on the pain. Maybe try and read a little or watch TV til u fall asleep or play some calming music to relax. Hope you get an appointment tent soon and get to the bottom.of it. Let us know how you get on.

[Rainbowcelt]

It could be a rotator cuff tear.and wear and tear of the shoulder ligaments Ihad it.and the shoulder has lots of parts .That get worn.i am not a doctor.just had my shoulder fixed . Please speak to your doctor.let me know how you get on.happy new year.i am 58🙂

[brankin in reply to Rainbowcelt]

happy new year to you.i go to see physio next monday so will see what happens then.will let you know.