Shoulder, The Blame

[douglas9401]

Shooting the proverbial with my brother-in-law this afternoon he mentioned that a while after recovering from COVID he developed a pain/ache across his shoulders to which I replied 'me too'.
It doesn't seem to respond to stretching or paracetamol.

Is this a non-headline COVID hangover or a coincidence we mused?

Anybody else, or are we just getting old? :-)

[Atheist]

I've got similar Douglas. It's a familiar sort of ache, I haven't had Covid, and I just dismiss it as old man's stuff. But it has been there since my 4th jab. (Makes you think, though!)

[wolf63]

If the pair of you were chewing the cud could it be indigestion?

[davebro]

front or back?

[douglas9401]

Definitely shoulders, davebro.

[davebro]

you said ACROSS the shoulder - across the front or across the back?

[davebro]

front would be maybe a chest problem - back, dunno.

[douglas9401]

Just looked at a shoulder diagram and see where my jest has gone awry, across the back, like wearing a yoke.

It's no biggie, just annoying.

[237SJ]

Coincidence

[Patsy33]

Get it checked out with your gp,Douglas. Tell him nothing touches it.

[douglas9401]

Sadly my GP only seems to be in for heart attacks and coffee deliveries these days.

I'll keep it a while longer and see if I can shrug it off as it were.

[Patsy33]

Oh dear, that's not good, Douglas. Strange your brother has same symptoms. Hope you can shrug it off soon. :-)

[Bazile]

Still , you've got each others shoulders to cry on ;-)

[Sqad]

////Is this a non-headline COVID hangover or a coincidence we mused?////

Who knows? Nobody knows at this stage, not even the obligatory AB websites can answer that question.
I have no idea, but my gut feeling is that it is musculoskeletal due to getting old.

Forget, stretching and Paracetamol and take Ibuprofen 400mgs as and when necessary.

Give it a couple of weeks and if your not happy, then see your GP.

[Atheist]

I've had occasional stuff like this since I was a teenager and fortunately it doesn't seem to become more frequent or painful as I age. I just happen to have it now and presume it'll go in a day or two.

[Atheist]

Douglas; could it be a result of kickback when you were shooting the proverbial?

[douglas9401]

You could have something there, Atheist.

[Vagus]

If you do a search for ‘your COVID recovery nhs’ you’ll find lots of information about things you may experience a fair while after you’ve recovered from even a mild dose of COVID, shoulder pain among them.

[pat2604]

Testing

[pat2604]

Just getting old. Seriously I have this because, I think, I am basically weaker because of ill health. Shoulders and neck ache a lot. (And old age hasn't helped!).

[Barsel]

Here's a link in case anyone is interested.
https://www.yourcovidrecovery.nhs.uk/