shoulder pain

do you guys know of anything to help shoulder pain, cortizone shot has already been tried and glucosamine is used every day. my old man hasnt been able to WO because of the pain. hes trying to avoid surgury. i told him id ask all the boys at MC for some advice. anything a doctor can give or prescribe?? thanx guys

Depends on what the injury is. Adequan took care of a lot of my joint pain. Not sure how easy it is to get anymore. 200mg 2X per week for 5-6 weeks would be the dosage.

i think he said it was something to do with the labrum. im not sure if thats how is spelled or even pronounced

I just got my labrum repaired (surgery). I simply couldn't do some exercizes. I wanted to get it taken care of ASAP, why avaoid something that needs to happen (surgery). My doc gave me as much vicodin as I wanted do to the night pains I was getting, it was unbearable. I'm still in a sling, got my follow appointment tomorrow. I'm glad I got it done. Seriously, the pain post surgery is nothing like the pre.

I think he knows it prolly needs to be cut but is looking for an alternative, cuase anytime ur taking cortizone shots, you pretty much know what direction ur heading or trying to avoid which is surgery, and i dont think there is any substitute for that type of injury in terms of treatment except the knife, these days ur in and out man and recover quick,

Cortisone shots are the worse thing imho. The mask the pain and weaken the tendons around the are the shottakes place which further enhances problems. My advice is go see a physical theropist and see what rehab exericses you could do to help, but sometimes surgery is the only answer.

i figured surgury was the only other option but i told him id ask you guys anyway. thanx for all the input

I had some pretty serious shoulder pain and went to the orthopedic surgen who of course said i had bursitus (sorry iam a miserable speller) I went to MX and bought some celebrex 500 mg and took it two hours before my work out and excerises. It allowed me to perform all the excersises the doc wanted me to perform as well as continuing strength training. I only took this before my workout and you should have a good ticker before considering this. I also continued with the Glucoss/cond/msm pills, needless to say shoulder feels great and has for awhile. I don't take anything but the glucoss/cond/msm pills now.