When I was 11 (I'm 58 now) , I fell and had severe bruising of my left shoulder. On the outer side about 4 inches down, the muscle has always been very weak and fatigues very rapidly. I cannot hold a newspaper for more than a minute and can do very little exercise. Over the years, I've tried many exercises to strenghthen the muscle to no avail. Is it possible that the muscle was killed when injured?
I am at my keyboard right now and it has tired the muscle in the short time it has taken to type this.
I'd like to know if there is anything I can do. I've talked to doctors over the years and never had an answer explaining this.
2006-10-09 16:23:16 · 4 answers · asked by expatmt 5 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Muscle atrophy (the wasting or loss of muscle tissue) occurs after you have injured the muscle and / or disuse of the muscle occurs. It also occurs when there is nerve damage present. If you damaged the nerve as well as the muscle when you fell, which sounds likely, you may be able to recover partial strength, but not full strength of the muscle. You should also take into consideration that it is muscle endurance, not strength, which helps us hold up a newspaper or type for longer than 5 minutes on the computer.
Weight training takes a longer commitment than most people are patient enough to give. I suggest you talk to your doctor about going to physical therapy. They can identify the muscle that is wasted and develop a specific exercise program to help you. A personal trainer may also be able to help, but they have less training than physical therapists.
Also, you should be aware that there are many illnesses that cause muscle weakness and atrophy like muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, ALS, etc, so it may be a good idea to be screened for some degenerative muscular or neurological diseases.
Just a few thoughts. Good luck to you.
2006-10-10 15:53:54 · answer #1 · answered by realove336 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your Dr. for a MRI. My Dr. wouldn't give me any testing so
I switched Dr. and told him the same thing he sent me to get a MRI and the results came back stating that I had Tendinitis.
I was in pain for many years until I decided to switched Dr.. Now
I take the right medication, plus I was sent to therapy and there
they give me exercise. The exercise helps me from stiffening up.
I was 22 when I injured my whole body by a motor cycle accident
now I am 47 and still in pain.
2006-10-13 06:55:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh hek confident! Thats the way our physique works. The techniques is familiar with the place we lack n regrettably it has us compensate to make up the place we arise short. Thats the ingredient of physocal therapy, to maintain our variety of action and muscle groups. Hoping to construct from there increasing those tiers and potential. If we enable those circumstances to pass without therapy, properly the section persons that isnt injured many times gets harm at an identical time as its over working itself.
2016-10-02 03:32:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should go to Physio.
2006-10-09 17:33:04 · answer #4 · answered by youthebest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋