Should I be in a sling for my arm?

Awhile back I fell on my shoulder, and recently I re hurt it. I have a doctors appointment coming up very soon, but I was wandering if I should buy a sling or some type of brace for my shoulder. Also, I believe its a dislocated shoulder situation. Another thing is, my whole entire arm, shoulder and fingers.

Thanks in advance!


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    As some of you have read some of my questions you maybe somewhat aware of my circumstances.I have treatment resistant depression along with chronic H/A-the pain management specialist explains them as migraine-muscular tension, and fibromyalgia of the muscles of the head neck, and shoulders. I have been having fentyl 600mcg medicine that is absorbed inside the gum and inner cheek. I only have one doctor prescribing medication, have an agreement contract, the whole nine yards. Yesterday I had two lower jaw teeth extracted along with a bone graft. My oral surgeon suggested to continue with the fentyl medication 2 days after the surgery. Now my pain management has decided to only allow me to have hydrocodone 15mg. tabs 1 or 2 every 4-6 hrs.My tolerance to medication is high therefore my pain is not being controlled.Would you share with me your experience with chronic pain, the management, and the control that you receive.I feel that I will never get the pain controlled . HELP PLEASE
    ADDITIONAL; I cannot begin to thank you all so much for the concern and the information.If more doctors would talk with their patients instead of down to us,think of the possibilities. Im giving this edit to my question just in case there are others that would have to the answers already.??how to I acquire the information or how might I learn these things with the information from India and were did you all learn how to put these things into practice? would you help me a little more? I am so sick and tired of my monthly trip to get my so called answer to the pain. I am 53years old and I feel that Ive lost those years to all quick fixes or under the control of the legal dealers handing out what they want to at the time. I want to get my life back and I thankyou all so much. I want to put the practical into action. It will not happen overnight but I want to try.


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      what kind of pain treatment can i expect?

      I am 19 years old. Ive been roughed up doing martial arts for many years of my life. And i have have been jumped by gang kids and beat with things. I have also been in a car wreck.
      My mother has rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia.
      my back consistently hurts, my shoulders, hips, knees, ankles, hands, wrists and neck hurt most of the time.
      I cant work out as often, i can go running, i cant sit for long periods of time.. and i take Ambien to sleep and i still cant sleep well. anf for some reason my muscles have a dull achy pain most of the time.
      If i go see a doctor or a pain specialist, what do you think they will do to try to help?
      Doctors advice, people currectly in pain treatment, you input is expecially helpful. particularly if you have any advice or warnings


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        (cont of question) it oly started after i choked on a bit of ginger ale ( might be coincidence, ok probobly a coincidence) but it hurts more all the time. especialy when i drink soda (i dont know why) i think i should prob go to the doctors but does anyone else know what it is?


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          Last week i fractured my clavicle (broken collarbone) ive been given a figure 8 brace that keeps my shoulders straight by the doctors so it can help heal my collarbone and when i went to take off the brace and my shirt to check up on my collarbone the skin on the area was yellow. Does this mean its healing?


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            I just found out that I am pregnant (yay!!), and overall I feel absolutely fantastic – I have energy and I am very excited. I have, however, been feeling a dull and nagging pain in my left shoulder that radiates down into my arm – this has been going on (off and on) since this morning. It’s not horrible, but I can feel it.

            Does anyone know if this is pregnancy related, or maybe I slept wrong? Or maybe I’m sitting in an uncomfortable chair, etc? Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but I just want to be safe. I don’t have a doctors appointment until Wednesday next week and I am nervous.


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                Hi!

                I’m 15 years old and I have had chronic pain in my back, neck, shoulder blade and spine for about a year and a half. Two years ago, I had a stress fracture in my low back and I had to wear a brace and stuff, but the doctor said it healed.

                During the time my back was healing, my neck and upper back began having pain. I’ve never been in a car accident, had whiplash, anything. The pain just came on. I had an MRI for my neck about a year ago, but maybe something’s changed. The doctors don’t know what’s wrong.

                I go to a chiropractor and have been going for a couple of months, but it is not helping AT ALL.

                Also, my back has been hurting even more than usual for the last 2 weeks, and when I woke up today, my neck and back have this sharp pain that I’ve never had before.

                My mom scheduled an appt for another doctor, but it’s not until the end of this month, and I don’t think I can start school feeling horrible.

                It seems like I’m too young to be having this pain. It is literally wearing me out. I have no energy and I don’t want to leave the house or do anything because of my pain.

                Any idea of what this is?

                Thanks!


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                  About 2 months ago I went to the doctors for my back I had been having pain for a few years and finally decided to do something about it. At first they said I had bad posture and they would reffer me to a specialist.

                  The specialist said it was because I sit with a slump and its all muscular and would be easily corrected with physio therapy, but she sent me for an x-ray to eliminate the small possibility of curvature in the spine.

                  Today I went back to the specialist to talk about my results n I had something called Scheuermann’s disease…..

                  She was talking about physio for 6 months but if that dosent work I may need a brace on my back!!!! Or even an operation!!!!!!!

                  Can someone shed some light on this for me?? Im sick with worry & im only 15 btw :’(


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                    How can you treat this (back injury)?

                    Over the summer I hurt my back water tubing. I hit a big wake flew up like 15 feet and came crashing down on the inner tube. My back and neck cracked all the way up and it hurt for a little bit but never really bothered me. Recently I started noticing that my back has large curve in it and when I feel my spine it feels like some of the vertebrae are smashed together and next to eachother, or at least just not alligned properly. I can’t stand with straight posture either. Also my back’s been hurting me and has little to no flexibility.

                    How would doctors treat this? Back brace, types of back surgery, etc? Please give a good description and if you’ve had a similar experience I’d love to hear your story. Thanks.


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