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I am not sure if it’s just because I sleep on the left side where the pain occurs.
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Members responded warmly to the question about whether rotator cuff pain is common with fibromyalgia, with the general consensus being that... Read more
@A MyFibroTeam Member. I mentioned about sleeping on your back, but forgot to tell you to put a regular pillow under your knees to take the pressure off your lower back. I look like I'm in a cocoon with all my pillows,but nobody sees me anyway. Whatever it takes. I use to say that I had a dream that I ate a big marshmellow and when I woke up one of my pillows was gone! Take care!
Even without shoulder pain from Fibromyalgia, too many of all folks don’t relax their shoulders or do exercises for better posture. So even though this condition can be effected check how you hunch up the shoulders and relax these muscles .(not an easy habit to reverse)
@A MyFibroTeam Member. I suffered from "rotator cuff like"pain on and off for years. My chiropractor would relieve it for me. If you can, try sleeping on your back. It takes a little getting use to, but it helps a lot. Takes the pressure off the shoulders. I also used 2 small travel pillows under my upper arms. It helped with arm pain too. Hope these suggestions help. Take care. Hugs to you.
@MyFibroTeam users... ok thanks for your responses. I had trigger point injections today. Mostly in the trapezius area and also lower back. I asked about the bicep and was told that wasn’t a typical area for the injection. I’m sore in the back right now and using ice. My neck is free of pain! Hallelujah
I did similar to what pep’s mentioned about small circles with your arm down at your side.. with one variation… you stand facing the wall, you put your hand on the wall and slowly raise it up the wall as far as you can go. Don’t go any farther than you can go, then go back down down the wall with your hand all the way, then do it with the other hand and arm work up to doing it eight times. It may take a while then after you’ve done that exercise do the small circles with your arm at your side. This was given to me by my chiropractor who I also saw for this. It took us about nine months or so to get rid of it. I was lucky, a lot of people have to have surgery.
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