Head, Shoulder, Wrists, and Fingers

shoulder_pain_dyn I have had terrible shoulder pain (also gong down to my wrists and fingers – lots of trigger points) for about 2.5 years. It was made worse by having to carry equipment for my job and I believed it was related to my long-term general back problems (which have actually eased up since I took up dancing a few years ago) even though it seemed a different problem. After complaining to my GP many times, I persuaded him to refer me to the local hospital for physio.

The physiotherapist originally thought it was related to the curvature and non-movement of my lower spine but ended up concluding that he didn’t think so after all and wrote to my GP advising referral elsewhere for futher investigation. (the doctor took no action)Meanwhile he used acupuncture every week for a couple of months, which was really effective for pain management. (note his advice re skin color – apparently, it is less effective the darker skinned you are – I’m mixed race olive skinned – my African partner previously wasted a lot of money on treatment that had no effect) Anyway, in the meantime I have separately reported these other symptoms to my doctor: pelvic pain- always in the same place and sometimes really bad with the addition of bloating and feeling like my pelvic floor has gone,painful sex (every time), ovulation pain, bleeding during sex (occasional), debilitating fatigue causing lateness for work and ‘crashing out’ early evening.

All the time asking for help so that I could carry on working. (I gave up in the end) Now all this time I have continued to keep fit and active studying African dance, swimming and walking everywhere-dosing up on painkillers as necessary. A scan showed nothing, but I was told at the time it would not show endometriosis if I had it. Eventually, my bored doctor, still insisting there would be nothing wrong with me said I could see a gynecologist if I wanted a second opinion. I made an appointment, saw a sympathetic consultant, had a laparoscopy this week and guess what the found and treated…endometriosis. I have arranged my post op appointment with a different doctor. What I don’t understand about my condition is that I’ve found that my pains are much worse if I’m sedentary like ‘relaxing’ or working at a desk but ease up if I am active – in fact the shoulder pain only goes if I dance/exercise really hard and get very hot.

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