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What Causes Pain In Upper Arm?

My top part of my arm hurts , also there is a tendon in the top part of my arm that is sore. It also hurts to reach, sometimes my fingers are swelled, my dr is doing an MRI to see if it is a rotor cuff. Am I wasting my money on an MRI,I think it is the tendon, he says that s what a rotor cuff is. I am confused
posted on Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Dear patient symptoms told by you may be due to rotator cuff injury as well as some tendinitis. If you are not satisfied with your doctor go for second opinion.swelling and extreme pain in your hand could be due to pseudeck's osteodystrophy or chronic regional pain syndrome,getting an intrarticular steroid injection or a stellate ganglion block coupled with physiotherapy exercises can help you.
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What Causes Pain In Upper Arm?

Dear patient symptoms told by you may be due to rotator cuff injury as well as some tendinitis. If you are not satisfied with your doctor go for second opinion.swelling and extreme pain in your hand could be due to pseudeck s osteodystrophy or chronic regional pain syndrome,getting an intrarticular steroid injection or a stellate ganglion block coupled with physiotherapy exercises can help you.