Hi!

1. What country are you in? From the sounds of it, probably western, i am going to go out on a limb and guess Melbourne Australia! Maybe Sydney.

2. It seems that your programme sounds like a good one. However the results are not there. If you have been doing it for 7 months and have been diligent, i would say it is time to change the treatment strategy. That is not to say that the physio is not doing the right thing, it is just that your shoulder doesn't sound like it is responding to the treatment (otherwise it will feel better).

3. When you say the pain is in where the biceps tendons meet the capsule, do you mean that the pain is in the front of the shoulder?

4. I am confused. Do you or don't you have a tear in the Wikipedia reference-linkrotator cuff - if you have one, it should show on an Wikipedia reference-linkMRI. Perhaps you understood a strain as a tear.

5. Has anyone looked at you neck or rib cage? Quite often dysfunction in that area can cause the shoulder to overwork and lead to shoulder symptoms.

Anyway, let us know about the above questions and we will put our collective brains to work (i can only contribute a small amount there i am afraid!)

alophysio