teres minor muscle denervation

[prime8]

I have a teres minor denervation in my right shoulder. (for those who don't know this means the muscle is dead) does anyone have any experience with this. i keep getting knots in my shoulder which causes a lot of pain and then i end up with major headaches. the headaches go away only when the knots are gone. doctors say there is nothing that can be done but i need to build the muscles around the teres minor and they will take over. should i just work through the pain ? pt has done nothing I've been to 2 different ones.

any advice would be great

[maxdose]

I dont know if you can answer this but how is it dead? Is there no nerve innervation to it anymore?
Im just curious.

[prime8]

I dont know if you can answer this but how is it dead? Is there no nerve innervation to it anymore?
Im just curious.

the nerve detached from the muscle

[maxdose]

the nerve detached from the muscle

Holy Cow! Was there a trauma or injury involved? Thats just scary.

[prime8]

Holy Cow! Was there a trauma or injury involved? Thats just scary.

yea i was poring a concrete floor is a basement using a pumper truck and the hose was plugged and the guy running the pump just tried to force the plug out, when it broke loose i was holding the end of the hose. it picked me up and slammed me against the wall about 2 seconds latter it blew again and swung me around bounce me of the walls again, it picked me up about 4 feet off the ground before it slammed me onto a window seal. i ended up with broken ribs and 4 surgeries 2 back surgeries with 2 steel rods in my back fusing S1 to L4 and 3 nerve decompression's, elbow surgery to repair torn tendon and clean tissue out of the joint, also torn meniscus in my knee and the teres minor. i also ended up with permanent nerve damage that gives me pain from my hips to my big toes. at least the nerve damage doesn't effect the muscles in my legs. it just causes a lot of pain. all my doctors say i need to put on a lot of muscle and that will help all of my problems, that's why i have been looking into steroids. I'm not sure they will help.

[maxdose]

Damn man-that just plain sucks. Really sorry to hear that.
I definitely agree that strengthening the support muscles will really help.
Are you doing any external rotation excercises for the rotator cuff?

[prime8]

Damn man-that just plain sucks. Really sorry to hear that.
I definitely agree that strengthening the support muscles will really help.
Are you doing any external rotation excercises for the rotator cuff?

I'm not sure what external rotation exercises are. while at p.t. all i did was lift light weights. she taught me correct posture and would massage my shoulder.

[Builder15]

If you are sure about relating your headaches and pain to when you have knots in the muscle itself, then you simply have some type of myofascial pain syndrome essentially the muscle is your pain generator. When the knots are gone the pain is gone because that muscle has now relaxed and released. Here is what you can try. When you have knots in your shoulder or you feel a headache coming on, grab a tennis ball, place it on the knot in your shoulder and lay down on it. Here you are applying a deep ischemic pressure to the knotted muscle. It will be uncomfortable as you lay down on it, and it is designed to be that way. As you keep the pressure, the pain and tenderness you feel should start to subside. Try this next time you have a headache or knot in that shoulder and see if it works.