Hi, I am new to this forum and was hoping to find someone who suffered from tendinosis of the shoulder. I had a labral repair nearly two years ago, followed by manipulation under anesthesia (three months afterwards) and 12 months later had a third surgery because the surgical achor had come out of the labrum and caused some damage to surrounding tissue.

My shoulder only had normal surgical pain for the first 4 weeks and then I developed severe gnawing/aching pain in the shoulderblade area and ungodly shooting pains down my biceps all the way through to my wrist. The removal of the loose surgical anchor relieved the shooting pains, but I still have gnawing pain of a "4-9" on any given day.

The Wikipedia reference-linkMRI done about a year ago (before the final surgery) showed I had tendinosis of the infraspinatus and supraspinatus. I quit my job as an ICU nurse and rested 6 months, I even stopped doing aggressive PT and only did light stretching and minimal PT (on advice from MD/PT). I generally do not experience "pain" when performing my excercises, but after I stop the pain becomes intense. The pain also might be described as how a bad rug burn feels about 30 seconds after the initial ripping off of skin.

This whole experience has been very frustrating for me. I have had to change jobs and alter my very active athletic lifestyle due to the pain. I have done intensive therapy for almost a year straight and now I have rested for almost 6 months and seem to have nothing to show for it except my left shoulder is now impinged. I have started PT for both shoulders.

I don't feel like my shoulder should be this painful. I am assuming it is caused from the tendinosis? If anyone has any thoughts, or been through something similar, I would appreciate hearing what you have to say.