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Recently, I finally gave in and went to an orthopedic specialist about hip and shoulder pain.  After being x-rayed and given a range of motion evaluation, it was determined that I had a locked shoulder, arthritis in my hip and shoulder.  I wasn’t sure how to handle this since I am fairly young still.

The recommendation was some physical therapy at home.  I was given my exercises.  Next thing to do was cortisone shots.  I must tell you have never felt that kind of pain from a shot before!  I guess I should’ve known that something was up when they had to put a numbing topical on the skin before giving the shot.

I was in a great deal of pain and had bruising from the shot.  It took me nearly 5 days to recover.  But, now I am feeling a 100% better from the cortisone shots and the physical therapy exercises at home.  This truly amazes me.

Joyce Priddy wrote this on February 20th, 2008 and filed it under Healthy Living, Health & Aging |