MarkJames3
11-11-13, 21:47
Hi guys,
So about a month ago I felt like I trapped a nerve in my neck and had always had problems with my neck etc
Went to the docs who just said could be to do with posture etc and said to go for some acupuncture sessions. I never went, over the next few weeks I focused more and more on my back and shoulder, the pain was getting worse and going down my arm, it felt like all my muscles were bruised in my shoulder area and tricep, it was always worse in the morning.
Then at the start of last week I was in absolute agony in the mornings and it got slightly better during the day but was always there pain wise, this made me highly anxious, I went back to a different doc who gave me some tablets and said take these for 2 weeks and if they don't work we can send you for an x ray to see what's going on, this pushed my anxiety through the roof with all terrible thoughts coming into my head and I definitely didn't want an x ray, I started the course of tablets and on Thursday of last week my shoulder suddenly started to feel a bit better, funnily enough I finished work on thurs and knew I had a nice weekend to look forward to as I was going to centre parcs for the weekend, Friday morning came round and again my shoulder felt a bit better, off we went to centre parcs, Saturday my shoulder seemed even better and Sunday morning I woke up for the first time in ages without hardly any stiffness or pain wooohooo. Then Sunday night I started to feel it again, then this morning oh it was back with full force, we left center parcs and I was in pain :-(
All day today it has felt bad, then it suddenly dawned on me what if my anxiety is causing this shoulder pain, all weekend I was happy and distracted and it got a lot better, today I have felt down and anxious about going back to work and reality, and my shoulder pain is back again... Surely it's linked? I have found myself focusing on my shoulder 10x as much today than all weekend .
Sorry for the long story and probable spelling mistakes, I am writing this on my phone
So about a month ago I felt like I trapped a nerve in my neck and had always had problems with my neck etc
Went to the docs who just said could be to do with posture etc and said to go for some acupuncture sessions. I never went, over the next few weeks I focused more and more on my back and shoulder, the pain was getting worse and going down my arm, it felt like all my muscles were bruised in my shoulder area and tricep, it was always worse in the morning.
Then at the start of last week I was in absolute agony in the mornings and it got slightly better during the day but was always there pain wise, this made me highly anxious, I went back to a different doc who gave me some tablets and said take these for 2 weeks and if they don't work we can send you for an x ray to see what's going on, this pushed my anxiety through the roof with all terrible thoughts coming into my head and I definitely didn't want an x ray, I started the course of tablets and on Thursday of last week my shoulder suddenly started to feel a bit better, funnily enough I finished work on thurs and knew I had a nice weekend to look forward to as I was going to centre parcs for the weekend, Friday morning came round and again my shoulder felt a bit better, off we went to centre parcs, Saturday my shoulder seemed even better and Sunday morning I woke up for the first time in ages without hardly any stiffness or pain wooohooo. Then Sunday night I started to feel it again, then this morning oh it was back with full force, we left center parcs and I was in pain :-(
All day today it has felt bad, then it suddenly dawned on me what if my anxiety is causing this shoulder pain, all weekend I was happy and distracted and it got a lot better, today I have felt down and anxious about going back to work and reality, and my shoulder pain is back again... Surely it's linked? I have found myself focusing on my shoulder 10x as much today than all weekend .
Sorry for the long story and probable spelling mistakes, I am writing this on my phone