Shoulder Pain - I need advice guys...

[Mike]

Hey everyone - I´d like to know how´s about your shoulder pain? It´s been some time since the last poster could lift an arm and contribute something :;):

After several weeks (i.e. two months) of intense physical
training with a fantastic Dutch therapist my problems are on the decrease - at last! After 3 months of NOT really enjoying myself, my shoulder and worst of all - conga playing...
I´ve learnt my lesson and try to be a bit more careful
with me old bones
Well, and surely stretching is a good thing, but I believe a close look at your POSTURE does the trick too!

I hope all of you could get rid of your pain. It takes an awful long time, if you ask me, but the shoulder joint is complex.



Edited By Mike on 1188573777

[JohnnyConga]

Jorge I can tell u that at the age of 59 and having taken Osteo-Bi-flex(glucosamin/chondrotin) for the past 6 months is that I have not shown any of the syndromes of which u speak.....my pain in my shoulder(with a bone spur) is totally gone...i can now make a fist with my right hand which had a mild finger fracture does not bother me....my hips joints and every place else on me is working GREAT! with no pain or stiffness anymore....it doesnt bother my stomach, I take it twice a day with meals, and it really works....i have experimented with this and I will take it for the rest of my life, as it has helped me greatly, after playing the drum for 43 years.....my 3 congas..."JC" Johnny Conga....

[Tonio]

Thats good to hear JC!! Are you using the over counter Glucosamine/condroitin or prescription grade? I have seen different grade(doses) available.
Jorge , do you have any opinions on this stuff? I have heard some different (good & bad) opinions on it.

T

[Amber]

Hi,

I also have heard that there exist some clinical studies which
tell that glucosamine/chondroitin can be beneficial for tendons,cartilage and so on. But one should take in account that this is a big market with a lot of money in it. Almost everybody elder suffers from arthrosis. The next question is from what starting material the factories prepare their products. Is that material safe? (BSE, toxic pollution)
Anyway....the idea of supplementig sounds reasonable to me.
Chondroitin/glucosamine are components of cartilage of all animals, not only men. In former/poorer times people used the whole slaugthered body. I remember my grandma boiling bones of cattle, carcasses of chicken, heads and bones of fish, pig feet and so on for hours in order to prepare a so called fond for soups and sauces.
Today we eat only lean meat in form of steaks and maybe this causes deficiency? Just an idea..

:p Amber