Question
Age:    16
Height: about 6:4
Weight: about 231

I am a very hard worker, will carry just about anything, even try things i can't lift. I still go to school. I saw something about a guy carrying a bag around on his right shoulder and that is more than likely his pain, but in school i carry my heavy bag on my left shoulder, and my pain is in my right shoulder. I looked everywhere and can't find out what it is. I can both here and feel a cracking/popping sound when i move my shoulder and not as loud and severe when i move my arm. In almost every position I am in, it seems that the pain is still there. It feels like it is between painful and being numb. It is painful, except it is an annoying painful, it is almost as if it doesn't hurt all that much and yet there is. It is very confusing to me and probably to you as well. The cracking seems to come from under and around the outer rim of the Scapula and on up towards the Clavicle, and the pain comes under and around the outer rim of the Scapula. It has been like this for a few years now, I have tried almost every conceivable way of getting rid of it, but nothing seems to work at all. I do wish that you will respond as fast as you can. I thank you so much for your time and I do hope you come up with AN answer, one that I can rely on, which i haven't been able to get one from anyone.

While you are here and reading this I hope you can help me with another quick question. I fractured my right wrist and had a cast on for the longest time, and now i have had it off, been working my wrist every direction it can go and i can bare to go, and still i have extremely minimal movement and pain in my wrist whenever i use it.

MY QUESTIONS:

WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY SHOULDER AND HOW DO I GET RID OFF IT, PREFERABLY IN MY OWN HOME?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY WRIST AND HOW DO I GET IT BETTER, BECAUSE EXERCISES DON'T WORK AND IBUPROFEN DON'T WORK?

PS I HAD SHOULDER PROBLEMS BEFORE I FRACTURED MY WRIST.

Answer
Fredrick,

You may very well have a problem with your AC joint or one of the rotator cuff muscles, like the infraspinatus or the subscapularis.   This is not something you can simply fix at home.   You should find a sports chiropractor or a chiropractor that is certified in Graston Technique (go to www.acbsp.com  and www.grastontechnique.com)   There may be a connection between the shoulder and the wrist such that the shoulder problem was made worse by lugging around the wrist cast.   Regardless, this needs direct (not internet) evaluation by a professional.

Best of luck with this.

Dr. G