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What Causes Severe Right Shoulder Pain?
Question: Severe right shoulder pain for about 2 months. No position of comfort at night making sleep difficult. No history of trauma, right arm almost useless with limited strength and pain.
Brief Answer:
Frozen Shoulder
Detailed Answer:
Hi I am Dr Gopal Goel, Orthopedic Surgeon.
You have pain in your right shoulder which is severe at night with limited strength and severe pain in right arm during daytime.
This condition is called Frozen shoulder in layman's terms( Periarthrosis in medical terms).
I suggest you start pain killers, muscle relaxants and physiotherapy( physio is the main treatment) . It might take several months for good recovery.
If in few weeks , if you feel that the response is not adequate, then please consult an orthopedic surgeon.
Thanx for the question .
Frozen Shoulder
Detailed Answer:
Hi I am Dr Gopal Goel, Orthopedic Surgeon.
You have pain in your right shoulder which is severe at night with limited strength and severe pain in right arm during daytime.
This condition is called Frozen shoulder in layman's terms( Periarthrosis in medical terms).
I suggest you start pain killers, muscle relaxants and physiotherapy( physio is the main treatment) . It might take several months for good recovery.
If in few weeks , if you feel that the response is not adequate, then please consult an orthopedic surgeon.
Thanx for the question .
Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.
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