DangerousGrounds said:heres what part of the report said, quote:
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PARTIAL VERTICAL TEAR AT THE MUSCULOTENDINOUS JUNCTION OF THE ROTATOR CUFF. SUPERIOR FIBERS OF THE ROTATOR CUFF ARE INTACT.. ACROMION IS OF A TYPE II.
make any sense Dr's.
I'm not sure what business a radiologist has recommending a cortisone shot in his report (that's what you said, right?). Radiologists are not invoved in the clinical treatment of the patient.
Your partial tear is at the musculotendinous junction (where the muscle and the tendon join, NOT at the bony interface, or over the bursa; IMPO a cortisone shot is not the way to go is this situation; it may give temporary relief, and cause problems that come back and bite you in the future. Have the people advising you by phone seen the MRI? Are they MD's? You seem to want to determine your own treatment. I believe your ortho doc is on target.
There are many different types of shoulder injury and pathology. Just because one person with a "shoulder problem" responds well to cortisone injection, does NOT mean the next guy will. "Rotator cuff" injury is a general and generic term which can describe many differnet situations. It's a complex joint. But do what you gotta do...
Yeah, many docs are unaware of prolotherapy; there are only 3 or 4 hundred of us in North America that do it with any frequency or expertise. A wonderful strengthening treatment.