Excruciating Shoulder Pain

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Posted by James [2174.8095] on November 02, 2009 at 08:45:20:

I woke up last week with intense pain in my trapezius/shoulder muscle. Right side which is 90% of my sleeping on that side - have done nothing else to injure it.

Question: why would sleeping on a muscle that I do every night all of a sudden produce crippling spasms

Since I don't tolerate drugs well I started with the hot cold treatments - the pain has been so severe I can hardly drive and am in agony....so now it has progressed to include the right deltoid and going down the right arm - so painful I am not sleeping much and can't get away from the heating pad all day.

This is out of my expertise so question: I have been told without a real injury that heat is best but have also been told ice or to alternate the two.

Any idea how a muscle spasm would travel to distant muscle groups -

Tried stretching but the pain is so severe I can hardly touch the area. Any other treatment ideas.


I had this same thing about a year ago but far less severe, after about 2 weeks it just quit one day

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