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How Can severe Shoulder Pain Be Treated?

I have pain at my left shoulder, the back muscle between the shoulder and elbow, the elbow and the top muscle group between the elbow and wrist. when the pain is present it is difficult to raise my arm shoulder high without extreme pain. I take alieve to manage the pain .
Fri, 7 Apr 2017
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HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

Pain at the any joint may be related to the muscles in the joint, ligaments or the bone itself (arthritis?).

If the pain continues despite treatment and rest then you would need to consider seeing your doctor so that an x ray can be done.

The aleve can be continued for now but if there is no change at all, you may need a prescription for a stronger pain killer.
The other aspects of treatment include: (1) rest (restrict movements), (2)protect the affected areas from further injury,
(3) if the pain started recently then ice therapy can be used, if not then a warm compress

(4)a voltaren rub can be added to the aleve to see if this helps
I hope this helps
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How Can severe Shoulder Pain Be Treated?

HI, thanks for using healthcare magic Pain at the any joint may be related to the muscles in the joint, ligaments or the bone itself (arthritis?). If the pain continues despite treatment and rest then you would need to consider seeing your doctor so that an x ray can be done. The aleve can be continued for now but if there is no change at all, you may need a prescription for a stronger pain killer. The other aspects of treatment include: (1) rest (restrict movements), (2)protect the affected areas from further injury, (3) if the pain started recently then ice therapy can be used, if not then a warm compress (4)a voltaren rub can be added to the aleve to see if this helps I hope this helps