seems so common...shoulder injury.

[mkkelly]

About 5mths ago I hurt my right shoulder badly benching. My father is a radiologist so when the pain continued he had an MIR done on it. It was concluded that something might be tear in a tendon in my shoulder blade or there are ciss on my rotator cuff. Well the I took it very easy lifting and started benching light weight the other day. I can do military presses with very little pain but benching and dips hurt so badly that im forced to stop. Now the pain is right where my clavicle scapula and humerous meet. When I wake up in the morning pushing myself upright with my right arm is painfull, its seems all pushing exercises causes pain. My father is a DO and very much agaisnt surgery unless its needed. He feels that i could live with the discomfort with altering my lifestyle (no lifting). Its been a month since the MIR, both doctors that examined it said something was wrong but it wasnt certain either way.

[russ]

Even if your father is against surgery, you should an Orthopedic Surgeon nyhow. There are plenty of DO Orthopods if that's what you would prefer. You need a proper clinical diagnosis. MRI is a great tool, but it's not the ba-all and end-all. It's unlikely that the Orthopod would recommend surgery right off the bat. He may well want to try conservative treatment, likely including a referral to a Physical Therapist. If he needs more information, he may order an MRI Arthrogram (MRI with dye injected into the shoulder---if that isn't what you already had).

It's time to get a proper diagnosis, so see an Orthopedic Surgeon.

I'm a Radiologist, by the way, and bone and joint MRI is a significant part of my practice.