left shoulder/shoulder blade pain

[terri456]

about 1 year ago, i started experiencing pain that started beside/behind left shoulder blade. arthrogram showed tear in the supraspinitis tendon in upper left shoulder. a surgeon told me it was not worth repairing and to try physical therapy. it only made the pain worse. i have since developed pain in entire left side, including the shoulder (which produces a "popping" or grinding sound when rotated), extreme pain (burning sensation) on the inside of left shoulder blade about halfway down, muscle spasms in neck and collarbone and increasingly bad headaches.  spinal mri's all show mild degenerative disc disease but nothing significant enough for this to be spine related. myelogram and bone scan both came back normal. i have tried every kind of anti-inflammatory known with no relief. pain meds help relieve severe pain but i know it is only masking the problem. i have questioned doctors if this is related to rotator cuff disease, brought on by the torn supraspinitis tendon going unrepaired, but they look at me like i'm crazy or something. it is possible that i have developed more tears in rotator cuff. please note that there was no known injury to the shoulder, but has gotten increasingly worse over time.  PLEASE HELP!

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[ash999]

hi  i havehad a problem with pain in left shoulder neck and left ear. I started getting the pain 2 years ago, after i lifted some heavy rocks while i was gardening. I was in that much pain i then started suffering panic attacks. When i went to the hospital they said it was tension, they asked about my life , i was under alot of stress at the time. I had lots of cat scans ect all it showed was that my neck was straight instead of curved, they put me on valiam and anti infam med. nothing helped.But then my hubby and i broke up and it got even worse. as time went on it all started to ease.  It is now 2 yrs later me and hubby r doing great we have had a knew baby, but i now have started getting pain back. I just wanted everyone to know that i to cannot remember what it was like to feel good. i cannot do anything i used to do and it makes my life a missery. The only thing is i do beleive it is stress related and i have found that an intense relaxation massage helps. i also now have to deel with panic attacks on top of the rest. the only thing to do is ignore it. and really take notice of the times that it is at its worst.

[ash999]

me again actually the valiam did help a bit.The reason they put me on it was to ease muscel tension through the night. But because it used to make me anxiouse i stopped taking it. Also when i get all the pain i feel very dissy. My neck front and sides feels like it is going to explode. While i am feeding my baby i often just sit there and cry. I try not to sook to hubby i think he gets sick of me