Arm pain!!

[vin]

If anyone has any insight into this, it'd be much appreciated!
Basically, in laymans terms (the only ones I know! ), I feel like it's some kind of deep, muscle pain in my arm. It's in my upper arm - and, if you were viewing me from the side it'd be right in front of you. IE - the outer side of my upper arm, between my bicep and tricep.
If I even *think* about doing external rotations (cable) or reverse flies (dumbbell) it hurts like hell. It's a sharp, pinpointed pain.
It's in my right arm, and sometimes if I push a door too hard it flares up a tiny bit. (just for a second, the pain is only there when there's pressure in that area)
Any ideas?????

[Bill Hartman]

Is it close to where your deltoid attaches to the upper arm bone?

Bill

[vin]

Originally posted by Bill Hartman:
Is it close to where your deltoid attaches to the upper arm bone?

Bill

In trying to figure out exactly where the deltoid attaches to the upper arm bone, I came across this:

http://www.pediatric-orthopedics.com...s/muscles.html

creepy, no?

So it looks, to me, like the pain is at the bottom side of the Anterior Deltoid. I can't figure out (again, web research) where exactly the anterior deltoid attaches to the humerus. So I'm not sure!
Hope I'm making sense here...

[vin]

OK, some further research.
To anyone reading this who wants a cool intro to muscle anatomy, check this link for a nice powerpoint presentation I found:

www.okccc.edu/biology/Document s/AandPI/Muscular%20System.ppt

After looking at many more pictures, it looks like the deltoid attaches to the humorus from the top of the humorus to the middle of it. The pain is right around the area where the deltoid ends on the humorus (middle of humorus).
So, I think the answer to your question is...
*drumroll please*

Yes.


*whew*!

Again, I hope this makes sense.

[TA Baracus]

In trying to figure out exactly where the deltoid attaches to the upper arm bone, I came across this:

http://www.pediatric-orthopedics.com...s/muscles.html

creepy, no?

That guy has to be one of the freakiest looking people I have ever seen!

[vin]

OK, some follow up stuff (on the injury, not the creepy guy):
I have been looking through some online material, and came across this article:

http://www.dubinchiro.com/features/PDF/07shoulder.pdf

I guess my question is this: In the text of the piece, he says that any upward movement of the arm could, potentially, lead to impingement syndrome (something I have never heard of before), assuming your rotator cuff muscles are acting improperly (as defined in the article).
But, then he goes on to recommend external rotations as part of the rehabilitation for this problem. Is this really wise? If not - what are some good exercises to do?

I'm not sure this is my issue (impingement sydnrome), but it sounds quite similar to the pain I mentioned above.

If anybody has any thoughts, input, comments, whatever - it would be much appreciated!!

[poopy pants]

Originally posted by Travis Sinquefield:

quote:

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In trying to figure out exactly where the deltoid attaches to the upper arm bone, I came across this:

http://www.pediatric-orthopedics.com...s/muscles.html

creepy, no?

That guy has to be one of the freakiest looking people I have ever seen! [/quote]thanks for ruining my lunch [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Bill Hartman]

Reassess what movements are painful (with load if necessary):

front raise
latera raise
bent lateral raise
external rotation
curls
presses

Bill