Joint Problems

[uptownm]

Is there anything out there aside from the usual suspects of supplements that is new within the last 2 or 3 years to help with joint problems? I injured them years ago working out without stretching and now they just hurt all the time. not sure if it's arthritis or what... but If I do anything that involves shoulders with over 15 or 20 reps, they KILL. it's not the muscle, but the joint. Lateral raises (ouch), bench, over-head presses...

???? S.O.S.

 

[Thick1]

You need to see a doctor, as you are describing a torn rotator cuff.

However if you want to try something google ALFLUTOP.

 

[uptownm]

This problem has been there for like 7+ years. Will it not heal naturally? If it has persisted for this long; is there any fix for it? I got an MRI or something about 5 years ago and the radiologist said he didn't see much wrong.. I was thinking arthritis or something?

 

[OUS-Rep]

Sounds like bursitis and can be eased with an anti-inflammatory like naproxen. That's what was prescribed to me along with tramadol to ease the pain. Have had this problem for years and the only time it really subsides is when I'm running deca.

 

[uptownm]

ya, I just looked up bursitis - heated pain over the muscles and in the joints. exactly... ugh.. that sucks - looks like not much of any cure, just anti-inflammatories. When you take those, do they cause more damage by not feeling the pain or are they actually helpful? Just want to make sure that I'm not doing something to cause further damage, because I want to keep working out, obviously.

 

[mffdvr]

ya, I just looked up bursitis - heated pain over the muscles and in the joints. exactly... ugh.. that sucks - looks like not much of any cure, just anti-inflammatories. When you take those, do they cause more damage by not feeling the pain or are they actually helpful? Just want to make sure that I'm not doing something to cause further damage, because I want to keep working out, obviously.

To be sure as to what you have, see an orthopedic surgeon that specializes in sports related injuries. He or she will recommend the usual X-rays and more than likely an MRI to find the extent of your injury. So don't procrastinate like I did. I wound up having a hemi arthroplasty ( partial shoulder replacement ) at the age of 45. I injured my left shoulder while playing high school football.