I recently was hit from behind while playing hockey. I went head first into the boards very hard. My neck jerked very badly. I got up a little dizzy but seemed fine. After the game my shoulder and trapezius felt a little weird. The next morning my shoulder hurt bad. I could not sleep on it for the weeks to come. After looking up info online and tlaking to my chiropracotr, I had come to the conclusion that i had somehow hurt my A.C. joint, and that is the result of my shoulder pain. I am begginning to think that because the pain is not just in my shoulder but extends down my biceop and into my hand even, that there is some type of pinched nevre/nerve damage. I feel some tingling sensations now and then around me shoulder and neck area. I have a history of back and spinal problems. I fractured my L4, L5 vertebrates a while back, and had a great deal of pain from my sciatic nerve. I am wondering at this point because of the fact that i went in head first and hurt my neck, if this shoulder/bicep pain is a result of a pulled/torn ligament or if it is nerve related. I was also wondering how long/ or if ever i could get over this? This is incredibly hard for me i am 20 and lifting weights is one of the most important things to me. Someone please reply and let me know if they have shared a similiar experience or what they think would be the solution? thank you.

[This message has been edited by jmess (edited 10-11-2003).]

[This message has been edited by jmess (edited 10-11-2003).]

Hi,
I believe you need to have this injury checked out further. I had a head injury that resulted in partial complex seizures, whiplash, bulging disc, and permanant neck and right shoulder muscle damage. My right shoulder is always achy and i am MUCH weaker and to top it off now my right arm and hand trembles all the time. I also have bilateral carparal tunnel syndrome which they think is post accident but i was an artist and could draw then and cannot now do to the tremors and aches i get from holding anything as small as a pencil for a period of time. My accident was Jan 18 of this year and things have only gotten worse , slowly, but worse since. Please go get it checked and maybe have an MRI done. As for how long it will last, well in my case this is as far as ill get, its permanant. I went through months of physical therepy on neck and right shoulder muscles and this is the best I can be. Which is alot better than before so i dont want to sound to bad here...i couldnt even lift my child before. But the aches and all are getting annoying and this tremor..ugggh it takes me awhile to type this out but after reading your story, i had too. The head injury could cause major problems.. Keep me posted on how you do please. Take care,
Tigre

to tigre...
thank you for your concern... it turns out i have an ac joint injury and it is not related to my back.