Pinching/Piercing Pain Under Deltoid When Raising Arm At 90 Degrees

[love sareen]

Hi,I am love k sareen,a sports physiotherapist.your condition seems to be a case of rotator cuff tendenitis, in which any movement with shoulder in internal rotation causes increase in pain,pain usually increases during mid night & radiates to front of arm,sleeping over the affected shoulder gives u relief initially with subsequently increase in pain.you must ask your therapist to give T.E.N.S, I.F.T and ultrasonic therapy with depomedrol. usually it will take more than a month to see a significant reduction in pain, once tenderness at shoulder decreases u can start with the rotator cuff and scapular exercises.

[BenMort]

Hello, when you say under your deltoid do you mean at the front, side or back of your arm? And also, do you not get any pain when moving your arm infront of you or to the side when your elbow is straight? Just when bent?

Finally, what kind of working out did you do before you stoppped working out as much?

Hope you get the right answer!

Ben

[mhewitt]

Yes sorry, under the front and outside. It does go down the arm on the outside a little bit if i trigger it badly.

Pain is only when bent, which is why it seems so weird.

As for working out, i've worked out on and off since grade 12, and im now 21, so about 4 years. I've been at about the same intensity for the last year, averaging probably 2-2.5 hours a week, so nothing too serious.

Thanks for all responses.