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Question
01 Jul 2010
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Shoulder problem
Turning neck to the left with difficulty, muscle top left of shoulder very stiff. Headaches, stiffness and pain in shoulder areas
Orthopaedic Specialist Forum
Your problem is that of a "facet syndrome" - the nerves supplying the small joints behind the cervical vertebrae (neck) are trapped and referring the pain to the the trapezius muscle. A chiropractic treatment or physiotherapy can be done. If that fails a facet block (injection into the facet joint ) is usually effective
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