Shoulder...damn!

[BigChris]

Hi guys,

I have been struggling with shoulder problem for over 5 years now. It all started when I was doing bench-presses and gradually increased to the point where I was not able to do any training at all. I then gave it a 6 month break, and had some cortisone tabs. I never benched again and kept to dumbbells (shoulder- and bench presses)...this seemed to have helped even though I lost quite a bit of strength in my one shoulder.

The problem is that I have now increased workout intensity quite a bit and as a result I cannot do much of a shoulder workout. Side lat raises causes my shoulder to go almost numb with pain, I have around 50% power in that shoulder and as a result the left shoulder is now showing signs of underdevelopment when I compare the two.I can now do bench-presses again but the left shoulder always gives in before I am even tired. I have seen a specialist, had x-rays and MRI scans done and all I got told was that I have got tendonitis just above the rotator-cuff area. I was given COX inhibitors but they did absolutely nothing! I cannot even begin to tell you how much grief this is causing me; it is really hampering my future plans!

The specialist I saw was in Brazil, so I now need to go find a new one here in the UK...am just not sure if this will be a waste of money. My question is...what causes chronic tendonitis (and with that fatigue and numbness), could it possibly be something else and is there a way to correct this, say, via keyhole surgery?

[Doc.Sust]

have you tried to rehab the rotator cuff muscles? read the sticky on shoulder rehab. if that doest work, see an ortho surgeon