Hi All,

Thank you for taking the time to look into my issue.

Approximately 4 months ago I fell off my pedal bike (20mph) and hit my shoulder hard on the ground. I had shoulder pain and rested for the next two weeks, then started swimming again for two weeks after which I noticed pain in my SC joint and a lump and figured it was caused because of the trauma to the shoulder joint from my bike accident, however never noticed it because of my shoulder pain which has since subsided at which point I stopped all sport and went to see the Doc. and he referred me for an X-Ray, which was all clear. For the past few months my SC joint becomes inflamed throughout the day (whilst at work, nothing too laborious but I do drive for an hour each way which could be irritating it) and usually eases in the evening and at night (When I wake up in the morning my SC joint is fairly flat and protrudes much less than later on during the day). Pain is minimal but again worsens as the day goes on and it "feels" as though it's on the tip of the clavicle on the SC joint. When I rotate my shoulder I can feel a "clicking" noise from my SC joint and I've tried to not reach above shoulder height, movement is not limited and pain is minor.

I have an appt. with the doctor again next week and I'm going to push for an MRI and some Physio Therapy.

Do you have any other recommendations on what I could do to help speed up recovery/ do differently? I'm putting a heat pad on multiple times a day too. It's to the point now where it's affecting my life (Avid climber, swimmer, cyclist...) but if it just takes time, it takes time and I don't want to push it and damage it further...

Many thanks,

Ed

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