Shoulder Pain Treatment

Can a flu shot cause shoulder pain or other joint pains?

As the festive season approaches it's also the time of year when many millions of us around the world are queuing up for our once a year flu shot. For most of us the jab passes without incident and with no lasting side effects or problems. But a few are not so lucky.

Over at my medical questions and answers site we've had a real spate of recent questions asking about whether a flu jab is painful or not. We've also had a lot of interesting discussion about flu symptoms in general and about treatment for stomach flu in particular.

Hey - its cold (unless you're reading this in the Southern Hemisphere), we're all depressed about money, coughs and colds are starting and now we're worrying about flu vaccinations!

Happy days !

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Hip pain is a common problem but yesterday I encountered an unusual presentation where a fall causing a shoulder injury was also the trigger for an ongoing painful hip.

One of my patients sustained a bad fall when walking down a flight of steps - landing onto the very tip of the right shoulder. Dislocation seemed like a possibility when the paramedic crew arrived to help out but this was quickly excluded by clinical tests and an x-ray.

The shoulder pain quickly settled over the following few days but ongoing hip pain around the upper outer part of the thigh. Bruising appeared and persisted for about ten days and from that time on there was severe tenderness around the prominent bone at the top of the femur.

A specialist in sports injury eventually diagnosed a condition called Trochanteric Bursitis and the lady came my way for injection treatment.

I'm pleased to say that injection into the bursa settled the hip pain within about five days and she has now returned to normal life again. Bursa pain around the hip is common after a heavy fall and often responds well to an injection of steroid.

Youch ..... !

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I'm delighted to say that my new website devoted to medical questions and answers has really begun to take off in some style. We now get asked more than fifty questions each day and there's a real sense of community spirit building with some replies coming from me and some from other users of the site.

We've already built a substantial zone devoted to shoulder pain questions - you should hop over and check it out if you haven't already done so.

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A Heat Lamp For Shoulder Pain?

I've been suffering from shoulder pain recently.

Yes ... believe it or not it even happens to shoulder pain experts - although I confess it really did take me by surprise. I developed a degree of shoulder bursitis after tweaking my shoulder lifting a case onto an overhead rack on a train.

I'm writing this to let you know that my own discomfort lead me to find a new shoulder pain treatment that I think might help you deal more comfortably with your own shoulder symptoms.

A friend let me borrow a Heat Lamp - an infrared lamp capable of aiming local heat directly into the shoulder tissues and I have to say that it was absolutely wonderful. The soft but penetrating heat just melted my pain away within minutes and I was transformed from a wincing wreck every time I tried to put my coat on to someone with normal painfree function.

After using the heat lamp for my shoulder pain for about a week, the symptoms had gone completely.

I did a bit of research and Infrared Heat Lamps do seem to be well accepted as part of pain treatment programs.

The emitted heatl lamp energy penetrates up to 3 inches, and stimulates micro circulation, delivering higher levels of oxygen and nutrients to the injured cells, while eliminating toxins and cellular waste. This begins the healing process as pain is relieved.

The FDA and Hundreds of Scientific, Clinical, University and Medical Studies Agree that Far-Infrared Mineral Therapy Relieves Pain.

The best heat lamp for shoulder pain seems to be the New TDP lamp with far infrared mineral technology.

Electronic Healing offer it at a great price and have a reputation for wonderful customer service. They ship worldwide.

Take a look here for more details of the TDP Healing Lamp - it certainly worked well for me.

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