If the issue is more on the anterior of the shoulder and aggravating with pulling work that does sound like it could be tendinosis.

If, however, it’s underneath the acromion it could be both tendinosis and impingement (or one or the other — and yes, it can be both as inflammation there can cause tendonitis to compress structures and cause impingement).

Typically, if it’s more deep in the shoulder it could be a SLAP or labral issue.

That’s pretty odd that the orthos didn’t really figure it out though.. I guess it was an informal diagnosis?

If you have the money, I’d probably go the conversative route. Find a PT who works with athletes and get them to see if that can help you out (and it will if it’s a biceps tendon or impingement issue). SLAP/labral issues depending on what they are may need stronger intervention.

I had a mountain bike crash a year ago which caused me sharp pain in the top of the right shoulder. I had full ROM, but a throwing action was very painful. The pain has been persistent, but becoming duller.

Last October I finished a 50km race and immediately felt an increase in pain and weakness in the bicep. Driving home was quite painful when raising the arm to the top of the steering wheel.

On getting home I noticed my bicep was very weak indeed and turning my arm palm up can be very painful. There is a lot of pain in the front of my shoulder. I’ve seen a couple of orthopedic surgeons who say its probably either impingement, RC injury of Labrum tear. From what I read, it seems to be more like bicep tendinosis.

I had one shot of cortisone to the front of the shoulder (not the tendon) 4 days ago which seems to have reduced the pain somewhat, but the pain and weakness are still there.

I do worry that if I have impingement, it may eventually wear the tendon and cause it to fail.

Are these typical tendonosis symptoms? What advice can you offer.

Many thanks in advance.

There might be a typo in the update, you probably meant to write vitamin C not D…

“edit: there seems to be some evidence presented by a commenter (Ole) that very high dose vitamin D to tolerance in “..

Though, none of the meta-analyses I’ve looked at show any potential increases in ability to fight viral/bacterial infections. The wiki page is also well sourced too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C_and_the_common_cold

Being able to tank oxidative damage is not necessarily a good thing — if you look at the studies on endurance exercise and supplementing anti-oxidants they blunt the effect of the workout and the body’s ability to adapt.

Where tanking damage may be increasingly important is if there are serious infections like pneumonia where the body can’t keep up with it’s own production. That may be where you want to supplement more strongly. However, things like the common cold where are typically light it’s been shown to not help significantly at all.

I’ll change it up later today.

My take on Vitmain C is based on the posts written by Paul Jaminet

http://perfecthealthdiet.com/?cat=54