Rotator cuff injury

[hairyfairy]

I had a rotator cuff injury to my right shoulder about 3 years ago, & I had a steroid injection at my local hospital which cleared it up. The problem seems to have recurred, with the usual pain & discomfort. I`m wondering if having an underactive thyroid would make someone more prone to this kind of problem.

[Marz]

I have read there is a relationship between frozen shoulder and being hypo....probably low T3 not energising the muscles and tissues.

Can sympathise with you - and it could be the time of year with less warmth and good levels of sunshine. Perhaps it is time to up the dose until the Spring.... How are the VitD levels ? - and B12 come to that.

[Hidden]

Hi

I have had this - bursitus in one shoulder, then adhesive capsulitus in the other. The pain and debilitation are indescribable and the NHS is absolutely useless in diagnosing and managing the conditions.

Based on my own research i found that there is an autoimmune component to these injuries - but when you mention it to any NHS person they just look at you vacantly as if to say "how is that relevant?"

[BeansMummy]

I've had a recurring left shoulder problem (diagnosed as frozen shoulder, bursitis, torn tendon and goodness knows what else, I just can't remember), and had several injections, physiotherapy and barbotage (to remove calcium deposits). The pain prior to treatment was indescribable, but all the treatment did eventually seem to help, but it was a very slow process.

I still have pain in my shoulder, but it isn't as bad as it was and my next option could be surgery, which I am not keen on. My other shoulder was scanned too, and it also has problems, but not enough for me to want to have anything done as yet.

I did mention to my orthopaedic surgeon (nicest guy in the world) that I had read a connection between all this and thyroid problems, he said that he wasn't particularly aware of it. He has been very helpful in getting me help with my thyroid problems though so I will forgive him anything, but I would like to think that he went home and read up!

I would be interested in knowing that if the thyroid issues were sorted out properly in the first place, then you wouldn't have these other problems, or whether you would get the shoulder problems anyway. He said that the damage was already done to my shoulder and it definitely needed treatment by the time I saw him (don't you just love waiting lists ) so I've never really investigated further.

[Fencerope]

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