I Love Emergency Medicine
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Hi HPers My husband was unable to get out of bed on thursday morning. He had a pain in his back, neck and down his left arm. Needless to say he thought he was having a heart attack. He had great difficulty getting up and after I eventually managed to get him out and in to the car I got him seen to in the local clinic. He was in a lot of pain and had to keep his arm up over his head. He described the pain as if his chest and arm were being pulled out of him. The doctor did an ecg and thankfully it was fine, she then diagnosed him with a muscular problem, saying that it seemed he had damaged the muscle under the scapula. She gave him an injection of Diffene and prescribed diffene and solpodal. She said legally she had to advise him to see a physiotherapist but as his wife is a massage therapist she should be able to do it instead, (so no pressure there then). He is unable to lie down, sit up and only seems to get relieve when in his recliner chair when it is straight back. I gave him a chair massage on fri, and sat and he definitley has more movement. However he says the pain is really bad and it feels like his arm is being pulled out of him. I brought him back to the clinic yesterday morning and the doctor said it is getting better but will take time and prescribed more pain relief and told him to stay off work for the week. Initially it seemed that the problem was under the scapula in the rhomboid area however today I noticed that he seems to have a small lump which will move around sort of in the area of the teres major, near the edge of the scapula at the spine side (i hope that makes sense). I dont know what this is, its about the size of a smartie, (only thing i can think of sorry). would that be adding to the pain? He doesnt remember lifting anything heavy or pulling it. Should I continue to massage the area, is there anything specific i should or shouldnt do. I have tried to get him to do some gentle stretches which he can do but says its sore. It seems that his arm is "killing" him now and he says the pain runs down his arm to the elbow. He hasnt been able to sleep since Wednesday. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.