This ridiculous saga continues... I think it's gone on long enough that it's becoming an spic.
Another MRI on my shoulder reflected the beginning of frozen shoulder, so the doctor did a procedure on me called a manipulation. I was asleep and also had a nerve block. Long story short, he manipulated my arm into positions that would probably be beyond what a full range of motion would be. It tears off all the little tentacles from the muscles that have begun to attach themselves to the bones. He told me i had to be asleep as much to avoid hearing the sound as for feeling the pain.
Then I was taken to physical therapy. I was awake, but the nerve block didn't wear away for another few hours. The PT guy stretched me pretty much the same way from how he described it. I didn't feel anything in my shoulder, but the stretches were felt in my pecs and lats. When i looked to the side to see where my arm was, I was amazed to see it straight out to my side for the first time in a few months.
Now, I'm in a bit of pain and the stretches I've been given to do while I'm out of town for Thanksgiving hurt like crazy, but I certainly have a big increase in my range of motion. Hopefully the pain will begin to subside soon.
BTW - I'm currently in Cary, North Carolina, staying with my daughter who lives in Prestonwood, where the senior tour championship is played right across the street... Or if you prefer, I'm about 45 minutes from Pinehurst... AND IT'S 31 FREAKIN DEGREES OUTSIDE!!!!!!