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Great video. I can vouch for the all consuming immense pain of acute Calcific Tendonitis, having given birth more than once with no pain relief, the pain I experienced with ACT was as bad! The onset was exactly as you described in this video. I’ve been a little unlucky, as a year after the ACT I started suffering with Chronic CT in my other shoulder. Physiotherapy has been very useful.
Thank you for this fantastic video! As an acute calcific tendonitis patient, I first went to an urgent-care doctor who referred me to specialist. In the interim I found this video and the information proved to be 100% correct as compared to what my own doctor told me.
If you’re in the worst pain and crying and wondering if this will ever end, I’ve been there. I had pain and frozen shoulder issues for years, but a year ago the pain began to intensify. I went to the doctor and without any exam I was sent directly to physical therapy. I spent months in pain doing the PT before a more experienced physical therapist told me to get an MRI. There I found I had bilateral calcific tendonitis, big masses in both shoulders. I read in an old Chinese medicine book that homogenized milk caused it so I decided to quit dairy. I also read that dehydration can cause it, so I drank 60oz of wanted per day. To lower inflammation, I took Motrin around the clock and it helped a little. I still woke from pain every 2 hours. Ice packs helped. I went to an orthopedic doctor and got an ultrasound-guided cortisone shot in each shoulder (my PT advised me to request the ultrasound). I had relief from the intensity of the pain and gained some mobility quickly. Then after a few weeks I had sever pain again in one shoulder and my orthopedic doctor recommended that I have surgery to remove it because the masses were so large. I did another round of shots while I waited for surgery. I scheduled surgery, I prayed that I wouldn’t need it. I went back for an x-ray and after 2-3 months, the calcific deposited were almost all gone. My doctor was amazed! After the 3rd shot within 4 months, one shoulder is back to normal and the other is not too far behind. There is nothing but a dusting left of calcium, the other is clear. I hope this helps you in your journey, don’t give up hope.
Overall good info. Having suffered for seven years, I don’t believe it eventually goes away. I had therapy, then a steroid injection, thank barbotage, then surgery. The calcium deposit was so large. It left a defect in my tendon, so that had to be repaired. I had some other issues as well, requiring a labral, clean up and biceps tenodesis.
This is so bang on. I have been suffering for 3 years now. Just diagnosed today with the chronic kind. My symptoms are EXACTLY how you described. Thank you!
Great video and overview...thanks! Mine came on quite fast and the pain is more of a burning sensation. Especially when I reach quickly for something. It's been 2 weeks. Confirmed today w/Xray that it's a calcium deposit. Good to hear it's not permanent because right now, the pain is manageable and it's mostly the numbness that bothers me.
Yes thanks for a great (the best so far) explanation Sir. I have been to a biokinetisist then 2 doctors who want to cortizone it then ultrasound and xray.. Now physiotherapy for 3 months including massage and shock wave therapy that seems to be helping quite a bit..
Thanks - I have been diagnosed with this. I am trying a range of exercises to stretch and strengthen the shoulder. I’m also watching my diet and doing more general exercise. I am feeling slight improvement and feel that over time this will help. I am very pleased to hear that this condition will go away eventually.
Very good. Very accurate diagnosis, to me in fact: acute on the right, and near chronic on the left. I told people about the pain of acute .... and yah sure they said.
I’ve had a very similar experience, and I know, if anything the pain you experienced was worse than you described to those people who didn’t believe you. Unless you have experienced it yourself it’s difficult to comprehend. How one can be so consumed with such incredible pain and conscious, still astonishes me!
Lots of really helpful information I have been using exercises prescribed by nhs physio now for 8 weeks and almost symptom free but I found this really helpful Thanks
@Berkshire Shoulders: I have longus colli calcific tendonitis. It has been recurrent for the past two years so I don't understand why there's no medical records for the condition being chronic. I was briefly hospitalized in 2018 because I had a 1.6 cm x 9 cm retropharyngeal edema that completely eliminated my ability to swallow even my own saliva. It wasn't a good time.
Good afternoon. I recently had a Shoulder Lavage to remove / break up the calcium that was building on my supraspinatus tendon. I realised I didn't actually clarify with the physician on the estimated recovery time or what to expect in terms of loss of mobility etc. Could you advise on anything I should expect or on these aspects? I've noted so far a limited ROM and pain in the shoulder that I didn't have before the Lavage though this has decreased significantly in the past 4 days. Sincerely Dan
i have this. im 38. pretty active in the gym and im a trucker so im shifting gears and turning a wheel all day. my painstarted out as typical gym shoulder pain from doing to much. then it took a turn and got very painful. espically reach across my chest. i cant even rub lotion on my opposite shoulder. decdied to stop lifting weights for a few weeks and see if it goes away. it didnt. finally went to a doctor. xray showed the calcium. cortisone shot and pysical threapy. cortisone dulled it a little bit but cant really say it did much. physical threpay seems to just irritate the area as they try to open up my range of motion.. imma go back to docotr in a few days and see whats next.. i do not take anti inflammitorys tho. maybe i should but i dont.
@@melhordamusicabrasil I had a very similar situation. 8 years ago in both shoulders. They tried the physio did nothing for me. Did not receive a cortisone shot. What cleared it up was 2 ultrasound needling. Once for each shoulder. Procedure hurt like a MFer but I immediately had full range of motion just really sore for 2-3 days after. It came back this week. Going to the doctor on Monday going try and skip all treatment except the needling. But here in Canada they’ll probably make me jump through every hoop they can find.
40 y old male, i had problem with my thyroid when i got my Calcific Tendonitis, still have problem with my shoulder after almost 3 years.Did a shok wave therapy 2 moths ago, so far no improvement.
After 7 months of problems with my sholder mobility i tried vitamin k2 initially with double recomended dose. Soon it became better. I am 72 years old and will continue with this supplement also because lowering the risk for CVD.
Ive got it in both shoulders and elbow. Absolute agony. Been waiting for Hospital appointment for months. Have zero strength. How much is it to go private
It’s not true that “we have no idea what causes this.” Dr Eric Berg has videos on what causes it and how to reduce/ prevent it using nutrition and supplements 😊
agree! I laughed so hard when he said we just have "bad luck." Where is the science in that? Conventional Drs don't want to address nutrition or the advancements with regenerative medicine.
My friend twisted my hand all the way until I felt my arm almost broke.. after a couple of years the pain in the same shoulder had increased. Is this case considered Calcific Tendinitis?
I was diagnosed with calcific tendonsis of the shoulder rotator cuff to. How do you know if it's acute or chronic? It will eventually go away in everyone? I stared having issues in February but not that bad but it had gotten worse (more pain and more pain to move it) the last few weeks. Is there a reason why that happened? My doctor gave me exercises for the shoulder to do and said ice and anti inflammatory. Any advice you can give me is much appreciated.
I just found out I have this today. I think my case is chronic. I've had slight pain on and off for the past two years and it wasn't that big of a deal. But a little over a week ago it suddenly got a lot worse. I'm a 32 year old woman. I've had calcium kidney stones a few times in the past and had ulceritive colitis. My doctor told me I probably have some kind of underlying hormonal condition that makes my body not process calcium properly. My next step is to go to an endocrinologist to figure out what that is. That's what I'd suggest you'd do.
Melissa0774 I went to an orthopedic and they took more xrays and he said he didn't see the calcium deposit. He diagnosed it as frozen shoulder, that was mid of May.
Great video. I can vouch for the all consuming immense pain of acute Calcific Tendonitis, having given birth more than once with no pain relief, the pain I experienced with ACT was as bad! The onset was exactly as you described in this video. I’ve been a little unlucky, as a year after the ACT I started suffering with Chronic CT in my other shoulder. Physiotherapy has been very useful.
Thank you for this fantastic video! As an acute calcific tendonitis patient, I first went to an urgent-care doctor who referred me to specialist. In the interim I found this video and the information proved to be 100% correct as compared to what my own doctor told me.
If you’re in the worst pain and crying and wondering if this will ever end, I’ve been there.
I had pain and frozen shoulder issues for years, but a year ago the pain began to intensify. I went to the doctor and without any exam I was sent directly to physical therapy. I spent months in pain doing the PT before a more experienced physical therapist told me to get an MRI. There I found I had bilateral calcific tendonitis, big masses in both shoulders.
I read in an old Chinese medicine book that homogenized milk caused it so I decided to quit dairy. I also read that dehydration can cause it, so I drank 60oz of wanted per day. To lower inflammation, I took Motrin around the clock and it helped a little. I still woke from pain every 2 hours. Ice packs helped.
I went to an orthopedic doctor and got an ultrasound-guided cortisone shot in each shoulder (my PT advised me to request the ultrasound).
I had relief from the intensity of the pain and gained some mobility quickly. Then after a few weeks I had sever pain again in one shoulder and my orthopedic doctor recommended that I have surgery to remove it because the masses were so large. I did another round of shots while I waited for surgery.
I scheduled surgery, I prayed that I wouldn’t need it. I went back for an x-ray and after 2-3 months, the calcific deposited were almost all gone. My doctor was amazed! After the 3rd shot within 4 months, one shoulder is back to normal and the other is not too far behind. There is nothing but a dusting left of calcium, the other is clear.
I hope this helps you in your journey, don’t give up hope.
This was the most simple and accurate info thank you
Wonderful, wonderful video! Thank you!
Overall good info. Having suffered for seven years, I don’t believe it eventually goes away. I had therapy, then a steroid injection, thank barbotage, then surgery. The calcium deposit was so large. It left a defect in my tendon, so that had to be repaired. I had some other issues as well, requiring a labral, clean up and biceps tenodesis.
Brilliant video and explanation.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for such a good explanation sir!
Wow que bien lo
Explicó. Muchas gracias
This is so bang on. I have been suffering for 3 years now. Just diagnosed today with the chronic kind. My symptoms are EXACTLY how you described. Thank you!
Go 0 carb. Thank me when you’re better in a month. X
Excellent video and very informative!
Great video and overview...thanks! Mine came on quite fast and the pain is more of a burning sensation. Especially when I reach quickly for something. It's been 2 weeks. Confirmed today w/Xray that it's a calcium deposit. Good to hear it's not permanent because right now, the pain is manageable and it's mostly the numbness that bothers me.
Thank you for the excellent overview of calcific tendonitis. I notice you did not mention lavage treatment. Isn't that an option as well?
Thanks doctor .. this information was so helpfull to me to understand what is
reason for my pain and TX my specialist going to do.
Yes thanks for a great (the best so far) explanation Sir.
I have been to a biokinetisist then 2 doctors who want to cortizone it then ultrasound and xray.. Now physiotherapy for 3 months including massage and shock wave therapy that seems to be helping quite a bit..
Thanks - I have been diagnosed with this. I am trying a range of exercises to stretch and strengthen the shoulder. I’m also watching my diet and doing more general exercise. I am feeling slight improvement and feel that over time this will help. I am very pleased to hear that this condition will go away eventually.
Very pleasant doctor
Very good. Very accurate diagnosis, to me in fact: acute on the right, and near chronic on the left.
I told people about the pain of acute .... and yah sure they said.
I’ve had a very similar experience, and I know, if anything the pain you experienced was worse than you described to those people who didn’t believe you. Unless you have experienced it yourself it’s difficult to comprehend. How one can be so consumed with such incredible pain and conscious, still astonishes me!
Lots of really helpful information I have been using exercises prescribed by nhs physio now for 8 weeks and almost symptom free but I found this really helpful Thanks
Can you please tell me some of these exercises? I've been suffering for months
@Berkshire Shoulders: I have longus colli calcific tendonitis. It has been recurrent for the past two years so I don't understand why there's no medical records for the condition being chronic. I was briefly hospitalized in 2018 because I had a 1.6 cm x 9 cm retropharyngeal edema that completely eliminated my ability to swallow even my own saliva. It wasn't a good time.
Good afternoon.
I recently had a Shoulder Lavage to remove / break up the calcium that was building on my supraspinatus tendon.
I realised I didn't actually clarify with the physician on the estimated recovery time or what to expect in terms of loss of mobility etc.
Could you advise on anything I should expect or on these aspects? I've noted so far a limited ROM and pain in the shoulder that I didn't have before the Lavage though this has decreased significantly in the past 4 days.
Sincerely
Dan
I have bone lumps on both my hands. Can they be removed?
thanks for this info?
i have this. im 38. pretty active in the gym and im a trucker so im shifting gears and turning a wheel all day. my painstarted out as typical gym shoulder pain from doing to much. then it took a turn and got very painful. espically reach across my chest. i cant even rub lotion on my opposite shoulder. decdied to stop lifting weights for a few weeks and see if it goes away. it didnt. finally went to a doctor. xray showed the calcium. cortisone shot and pysical threapy. cortisone dulled it a little bit but cant really say it did much. physical threpay seems to just irritate the area as they try to open up my range of motion.. imma go back to docotr in a few days and see whats next.. i do not take anti inflammitorys tho. maybe i should but i dont.
So whats was the results bro?
@@melhordamusicabrasil I had a very similar situation. 8 years ago in both shoulders. They tried the physio did nothing for me. Did not receive a cortisone shot. What cleared it up was 2 ultrasound needling. Once for each shoulder. Procedure hurt like a MFer but I immediately had full range of motion just really sore for 2-3 days after. It came back this week. Going to the doctor on Monday going try and skip all treatment except the needling. But here in Canada they’ll probably make me jump through every hoop they can find.
Very informative. Thank you so much.
40 y old male, i had problem with my thyroid when i got my Calcific Tendonitis, still have problem with my shoulder after almost 3 years.Did a shok wave therapy 2 moths ago, so far no improvement.
After 7 months of problems with my sholder mobility i tried vitamin k2 initially with double recomended dose. Soon it became better. I am 72 years old and will continue with this supplement also because lowering the risk for CVD.
Ive got it in both shoulders and elbow. Absolute agony. Been waiting for Hospital appointment for months. Have zero strength. How much is it to go private
I have it in my right foot ankle :( it is consistent with strain injury. Does it mean it is as a result of the strain injury or the other way around?
Is it painful with the injection 💉?
It’s not true that “we have no idea what causes this.” Dr Eric Berg has videos on what causes it and how to reduce/ prevent it using nutrition and supplements 😊
agree! I laughed so hard when he said we just have "bad luck." Where is the science in that? Conventional Drs don't want to address nutrition or the advancements with regenerative medicine.
So chronic calcification can be resolved by itself?
no, seek a Dr that does regenerative medicine; prolotherapy, ozone, peptides, PRP, stem cells.
This shit hurts! 😩
My friend twisted my hand all the way until I felt my arm almost broke.. after a couple of years the pain in the same shoulder had increased. Is this case considered Calcific Tendinitis?
Are ye still friends 😮
I need you Dr 😅
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I was diagnosed with calcific tendonsis of the shoulder rotator cuff to. How do you know if it's acute or chronic?
It will eventually go away in everyone? I stared having issues in February but not that bad but it had gotten worse (more pain and more pain to move it) the last few weeks. Is there a reason why that happened? My doctor gave me exercises for the shoulder to do and said ice and anti inflammatory. Any advice you can give me is much appreciated.
I just found out I have this today. I think my case is chronic. I've had slight pain on and off for the past two years and it wasn't that big of a deal. But a little over a week ago it suddenly got a lot worse. I'm a 32 year old woman. I've had calcium kidney stones a few times in the past and had ulceritive colitis. My doctor told me I probably have some kind of underlying hormonal condition that makes my body not process calcium properly. My next step is to go to an endocrinologist to figure out what that is. That's what I'd suggest you'd do.
Melissa0774 I went to an orthopedic and they took more xrays and he said he didn't see the calcium deposit. He diagnosed it as frozen shoulder, that was mid of May.
why have you not mentioned another option, namely Ultrasound guided lavage aspiration. Local anaesthetic and back to work in a couple of days?
Anti inflammatory ONLY for short time.