I have strained my shoulder after over use while experiencing hip overuse. When the hip pain went away after exercise and rest, the deltoid pain persists. PT is causing more arm pain.Recently moved to new home and did too much packing,walking,unpacking and had pain in both hips for 4 months. I am 81 and in good health, though overweight.
Instructions only go so far. You need to know what muscle groups are the correct ones to work on for your certain injury... need to know how to stand correctly while doing the exercises [standing wrong could create other injuries]... know how many reps to do each time, etc. Example, do NOT do the same exercises day after day, do certain one one day, and the next day do a different set. And drink plenty of water while exercising.
I am currently dealing with a broken shoulder and in one month have had 2 sets of x-rays done, first set the day of injury and the 2nd set 4 weeks later, and another set of x-rays scheduled for early next month. A doctor will not order physical therapy unless he/she know sthe bones are healing [if it is a broken bone].... otherwise you can keep rebreaking that area.... remember as we age our bones tend to be brittle.
I'm not familiar with Medicare Humana; I have Medicare and am allowed I believe $1800 worth of therapy for an injury; that gives me about 10 sessions, which is generally enough. In the past, if I wanted more I could attend for another 2 months at a very nominal rate. There wouldn't be any modality treatment, but I could use any of the equipment.
I understand about the money issue; I'm in the same situation, as I'm sure are a lot of people who post here.
Hope you find some good solutions to the problem of shoulder pain. I'm surprised though that a shoulder MRI wasn't done. Shoulders are so complex.
items, stretch bands and lightweight bars, etc. Medciare Humana pays only a portion of the expense. If you don't have the money, you don't have the money. I have not self diagnosed.MRI was not part of the solution from the orthopedic doc.
You seem very knowledgeable, but unless you have medical experience in reading x-rays, or can read an MRI and have training in PT, I'd be concerned about self diagnosis for something that obviously isn't healing.
You state that your movements are painful and seem to be worse. Isn't it time to get professional advice and use the benefits Medicare offers?
I assume you know that you could be causing more damage by creating your own therapy schedule.
Besides, exercise equipment isn't cheap - it would be more financially advantageous to get PT and let Medicare pay for it.