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A month ago I was diagnosed with rotator cuff tendinitis in right shoulder and began therapy. Since then I had a workplace injury[I guess that what it was] in my lower back. Yesterday I felt and pain in my right shoulder blade and pain in the upper front of my left shoulder. I'm starting to get concerned. Should I be worried?
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EileenH elaine2003
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How old are you? Have you any other things going on?
elaine2003 EileenH
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I will be 65 this year. Not sure what you mean by other things going on. I wake up every day with joint pain with new areas hurting as time goes on. I have been out off work by my doctor because of my back issue.
EileenH elaine2003
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I meant other symptoms, complaints of stiffness, fatigue, flu feeling - that sort of thing.
You are in the right age range to have something called polymyalgia rheumatica. Rotator cuff injury is a common (mis)diagnosis of early PMR, which is usually bilateral but obviously in the early stages may be just on one side. But the lower back and hips and the shoulders are common areas to feel the symptoms as they progress. Many people mention a progression of body areas that experience the symptoms that sounds like what you are describing and it is something to be considered. I aske dyour age because if you had been 30 it would have been far less likely - bit over 50 and it must be thought about.