You really need to have some diagnostic testing done, mri/x-ray/ct ect.

You may have a torn rotatorcuff or the sclerosis on your spine may be causeing this.

You need to see someone that specialises in this type of medicine and get some real treatments. Cortisone/steroid injections are a great place to start.

If you choose to go ahead with the injections, do not allow someone to put the medicine around your spine without the use of floroscopy, cervical steroid injections are very routine but can cause serious irreperalble damage if not done correctly. The use of floroscopy is standard and expected anymore and if the doc does not use this, ask for a refferal to someone that does use it.

Floroscopy is essentially like real time tv but it is xrays to watch the needle placement as it progresses towards the spine and facets and nerves and other places. It helps keep the needle in the right places becaus the doctor can see exactly where the needle is going.

Thanks tammadrummer. Will tell you more. Am sceduled to see a "sports injuries" doctor next week.

Hi, i'm back.

The sports doctor sez that sore shoulder not connected to osteoarthritis; but that I have "frozen shoulder".

Further, according to him, exercise will not help, and wants to wait and then do cortisone treatments. I did not tell him that I will not have these shots at this time.

Have been doing slow stretches and slow exercises for the last 2 weeks, and shoulder pain is about 60% less, and am also sleeping now! Found a lot of marvellous exercises on net for stiff and painful shoulders. :)

would like to hear from others what they did for frozen shoulder.