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What Causes Excruciating Pain In The Right Shoulder And Bicep?

Hello my name is Debbie. I have pain in my right shoulder and bicep area. I can not sleep on my right side and when I drive and use my right hand it is painful. My NP took blood work and X-rays and found nothing but the pain is worsening and more frequent. Do you have any suggestions?
Tue, 31 Oct 2017
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In all probability, you have a strained right shoulder ligament, possibly with right biceps muscle injury. This muscle injury could be a stretch or even few torn muscle fibers. X Ray and blood investigations cannot find any abnormal findings. You probably were lifting something heavy, which caused this muscle and ligament injury. The most important treatment is to rest the right arm as much as is possible. Please do not use the arm for any strenuous work. Please avoid any massage as it may aggravate the muscle injury. It may take 3 to 6 weeks or so for complete healing. Till such time complete rest is the main management.
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What Causes Excruciating Pain In The Right Shoulder And Bicep?

In all probability, you have a strained right shoulder ligament, possibly with right biceps muscle injury. This muscle injury could be a stretch or even few torn muscle fibers. X Ray and blood investigations cannot find any abnormal findings. You probably were lifting something heavy, which caused this muscle and ligament injury. The most important treatment is to rest the right arm as much as is possible. Please do not use the arm for any strenuous work. Please avoid any massage as it may aggravate the muscle injury. It may take 3 to 6 weeks or so for complete healing. Till such time complete rest is the main management.