I have been plagued off and on for 14 months with a painful left trap muscle. My ART therapist says it may be sclerotogenous pain from a torn labrum? Has anyone ever heard of sclerotogenous pain? I'm a bit worried about the MRI too. Don't they sometimes miss small tears?
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I have never had the kind of pain you are referring to, but I want you to know I am sorry it has been bothering you for so long. It's a shame that you were told a long time ago by your orthopedic doc that it couldn't possibly be a tear and went without an MRI at that time.
An MRI film should indicate almost anything that is wrong, unless it is 1/zillionith of a centimeter and then I am told, even if a tear does not show up, everything around it will show signs of not being "quite right" thus leading to a diagnosis. A tear, any tear, affects everything surrounding it.
I had a lot of downtime with two shoulder surgeries about 2-3 years apart, but without fixing what was wrong, I wouldn't be swimming and setting goals today. It is better to fix it and then rebuild your water stamina later. And, I was still able to get in the water several weeks afterwards but I could only kick and I was grateful for that. If it's broke, please fix it.
Donna
I have never had the kind of pain you are referring to, but I want you to know I am sorry it has been bothering you for so long. It's a shame that you were told a long time ago by your orthopedic doc that it couldn't possibly be a tear and went without an MRI at that time.
An MRI film should indicate almost anything that is wrong, unless it is 1/zillionith of a centimeter and then I am told, even if a tear does not show up, everything around it will show signs of not being "quite right" thus leading to a diagnosis. A tear, any tear, affects everything surrounding it.
I had a lot of downtime with two shoulder surgeries about 2-3 years apart, but without fixing what was wrong, I wouldn't be swimming and setting goals today. It is better to fix it and then rebuild your water stamina later. And, I was still able to get in the water several weeks afterwards but I could only kick and I was grateful for that. If it's broke, please fix it.
Donna
