Following a fall in early June I’ve had shoulder problems.

Initially diagnosed as a rotator cuff tear (by external examination).

Still not healed and GP sent me for an X-Ray to be followed by an MRI depending on what was found.

Got back to me today with a ‘nothing was broken but it appears you have calcific tendonitis’ and a referral to a specialist.

Reading up this can be caused by delayed/poor healing of an injury but it may not be the only problem with the shoulder I guess.

So anyone had this, what happened and how long did it take to heal?

anyone?

Nope but I do have a sesamoid bone in my big toe and a pain in my shoulder for years that hasn’t gone away for years that fits the wikipedia article symptoms perfectly!

To the hypochondriac mobile doctors!!

just you and me then tinas.

tbh, I’d have landed on my head if I’d known my shoulder was going to hurt this much 3 months on.

Its seems to be a common thing to come back from an X-ray

Apparently my Achilles has a touch and I never really could run on it again. But other than tha it works and doesn’t hurt

Brother in law had same on his knee X-ray. Really scared him

But with physio he is now OK

Have you seen a physio? Getting everything working together well should help

yes, been having physio for last 3 months (every couple of weeks with exercises to go away and do) – it’s helped keep the shoulder mobile but think we’d reached conclusion that some imaging was in order to confirm that slow healing was just me being an old codger or if there was something else going on. Looks like it could be that latter.

You’re not alone!

Had this 5 years ago, had months of NHS physio after an x-ray revealed nothing, and then eventually had an ultra sound that showed my shoulder to be a mess with calcific tendinitis in a tear in the tendon and a bursa as well as some impingement of the rotator cuff.

Had some ultra sound guided barbotage where they essentially use a huge needle to break down the calcium deposit to help it clear. Its one of the most uncomfortable things I’ve had done to me in a while, fine once it was done, but lying there watching the needle on the ultra sound whilst being pushed all over the bench wasn’t pleasant.

It massively improved my shoulder to the point that I didn’t follow through with the option of surgery to fix the other problems, don’t remember having to recover at all afterwards, walked home and got on with life as normal almost straight away.

Just been referred for some more scans as I’ve been suffering with very similar pain in my opposite shoulder for the last couple of months…the joys of being active and ageing! 🙂