pain

Three months after having the surgery I started having pain, cramping, and really tense muscles from shoulder down the left arm and left side of the middle of my chest.  Just wanting to know if anyone had or has same problems if you can tell me what I can do or how to fix this.  Feeling very miserable being in pain for so long and just seems to get worse.

My heart doctor is saying chiropractor then he changes the subject to something else; just seems like he just wants my money and not to help me.

Please anyone, got anything?  

2 Comments

Hi Scott

by Pookie - 2012-04-30 07:04:05

I am so sorry to hear that you've been going thru so much especially after 3 months since your surgery.

If your heart doctor is suggesting a chiropractor I am guessing that he must think you have a pinched nerve or perhaps even Frozen Shoulder. Isn't it nice when they (the doctors) totally dismiss what you are saying and won't deal with the issue - all they want to do is pass you along to another doctor. Frustrating to say the least.

So...all you can do (in my opinion) is to follow your doctor's suggestion about the chiropractor and then IF your pain gets worse or doesn't get better, then you can go back to him and tell him that you have followed his orders and then ask him what his next plan of action is to help you with your recovery.

I know it's emotionally and physically hard to deal with this but there is an answer but sometimes we have to step up to the plate and politely demand that you are not pleased with your present condition and somehow make him listen to you. I know in the past I always put my doctors on a pedestal, but they are human just like the rest of us...so what if they have a degree to practice medicine!!!! I guess what I'm trying to say is: we have to be a bit more firm when we see our doctors.

If you are not pleased with him, is there any way you can get a 2nd opinion?

Keep us posted.

Pookie

Me too Scott

by quinnface1 - 2012-05-09 04:05:34

Hi Scott. I'm also having the very same problem and I have to say I feel better that I'm not alone but sad to hear of your troubles.

I am a practising Massage Therapist and have been in practice for 22 years.
I would find an extremely experienced Massage Therapist first before a chiropractor. Not just because that is my profession :), but all your symptoms sound like muscular tension, tightness, knotting and cramping possibly causing a nerve or nerve bundle to be "pinched".

After surgeries are done, and time passes, healing of course is happening, BUT often muscles that have been cut through or damaged during the surgery, develop scar tissue and no longer stretch as well as before the surgery, and or can have circulation at a cellular (or say the smaller vessels, capillaries) level; are damaged or are not opening up enough to bring in oxygenated blood to the area causing tension and often cramping of the muscles.
This is not always an immediate response after your surgery. It can take time for this condition to develop and isn't uncommon.

Do be very careful in choosing a therapist. You may find a more medically oriented therapist through a chiropractor's office, then after massage treatments, your muscles would be in perfect shape for an adjustment. Chiropractors that use massage therapists are the ones you want to use. They go hand in hand. A chiropractic adjustment will be easier to do and last longer than an adjustment without massage. This is how some chiropractors get you to come back more often to them because tight muscles will not keep your realigned bones in position as long if they are not nice and loosened or relaxed. Makes sense, doesn't it?

Not all doctors are knowledgeable about massage believe it or not. I have a few doctors that are clients that admit they do not work with soft tissue injuries other than writing Rx's and do not know how to treat soft tissue other than recommending ice, heat or surgery....
Many insurance companies cover massage treatment with a script from your doctor which they are often more than willing to write.
Well hope this wasn't such a long response that you bailed before you finished it, lol!
Good luck Scott and keep us posted

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