GoinWithThePhloem t1_j0aie6f wrote on December 15, 2022 at 6:02 AM

Reply to comment by izzo34 in Nearly 1 in 10 young people experience physical pain and suicidality by thebelsnickle1991

35 and I had this same thought the other day. I have some genetic build issues, 3 major knee surgeries and some sort of mystery shoulder problem that causes me more pain/frustration than everything (it aches when I sleep, when I reddit, when I work out, when I stand there ... ALL THE TIME). I’ve done all required PT plus some, and I’m still dealing wirh a lot of imbalanced pain all over my body. I was sitting in my car with my shoulder throbbing thinking, “this is going to be the rest of my life.” Even if I end up finding the cause of my shoulder problems.. what are they going to do? Rehab it? Perform surgery? My knees are a mess, and those have both been fixed I’m still very active, yet i can’t help but be frustrated.

kobemustard t1_j0bo7qg wrote on December 15, 2022 at 2:08 PM

I had problems in shoulders and other joints and I think a lot of this is inflamed tendons but I think I have a genetic predisposition to develop inflamed tendons. Try and dig around that area and feel for a muscle band that is tight. Then keep massaging it until it softens. Another thing I’ve found is if a movement hurts the tendons aren’t moving properly, in my head I see this as the tendons not gliding past each other smoothly. I try and overload it to basically force that area to move Work it until it really hurts and repeat it as much as possible. Takes a month but this has fixed a lot of issues that have come up for me.