2 months of pain in shoulder, shoulder back plate, needle pinch pain in fore arm muscle

[sgmuser]

I am a PC user for more than 10+ years.  2 years back i injured my right shoulder while throwing a baseball from deep.  Didn't do much on treatment and the pain disappeared.  Then a year back, i had a outer shoulder muscle part swelled due to excessive swimming.  Apart from these 2 incidents i do not remember any other injuries. as I said i use PCs for almost 5 to 6 hours a day.

Recently for the last two months, i have been feeling pain in the following areas:

1. once in a while, very little or no numbness in last two fingers (little finger and the next one)

2. continuous irritation in a single spot in the back shoulder plate. Painful some times but most of the times, irritation/burning senstation.  Sometimes just itchy also in that particular spot and feel like pressing it once or twice.

3. irritating, burning sensation in the area where the shoulder meets the back plate near the armpit.

4. some times inside the armpit

5. after even 10 minutes of PC keyboard/mouse use, with the forearm muscle touching the table, i get the needle pinching sensation/pain in the thick muscle part area.  This is the recurring pain.  The exact place is the thick muscle facing downwards when we use PC. Just after the elbow joing and few inches before the wrist joint.  

6. no pain in the neck though.

MRI shows there is a protrusion in C5-C6 but it doesn't press any nerve.  Neural conduction test shows no bad signs.  

[gHarshadg]

any finding for ur problem?

[Godofredo MD]

Hi.

It would appear that some of your symptoms may be related to an ulnar nerve compression/impingement/injury. The previous shoulder injuries could theoretically cause such an injury.

The pain symptoms at the back could still be related to nerve impingement at the shoulder area with referred pain to the back.

You could have an orthopedist or neurologist evaluate the possibility of a shoulder condition causing the symptoms.

Hope this helps.

[kishkash]

pain stated in my left arm 6 years ago. it no radiated in the left arm, down to the fingers and thumb, through the armpit, at the back of shoulder (severe), in the neck, down my hip, thigh, calf ankel and in the big toe and middle of the foot.

the pain is constant. when i stretch my arm back it feels like there are guitar strings being twisted in my arm and neck. the shoulder pain is constant and very very painful. its like something is in my neck that i want to pull out.

if i click my back it relieves itself for like a minute. i have now started to get tingling sensation in my lower left jaw aread and armpit. if i wear a coat or scalf i get pain.

i am sick of this pain. i have had x-rays, MRI's (neck and back and spine), tried every treatment possible (nerve medication, reflexology, TENS machine, yoga, physio, accupuncture, creams, heat and ice therapy, osteopathic treatment, healing and all sorts).

i beg anyone who has any solution to this- the pain is worsening and i'd rather die thats how bad it is.

i have seen the highest professor who is also baffled- he thinks its hypermobility syndrome and said i need to learn to live with it- i cannot

its worsening day by day i can feel myself getting worse

HELP PLEASE!