Q: Is there a possibility for my left shoulder pain as a result of my right shoulder pain injury and surgery on 3/27/2015?
I injured my right shoulder at work. Right after surgery on my right shoulder I started having a significant amount of pain to my left shoulder. The pain in my left shoulder is 12 and a 10 by the evening. I had a steroid injection with no relief. The surgeon doesn't think that there could be any correlation between the two shoulders. I have had no other injury to my left shoulder. this all started after my right shoulder surgery. do I have any recourse as far as correlating the two?
A: It is possible that over use of the left shoulder after the right shoulder surgery resulted in your current pain; however, to establish this you would need a medical opinion within a reasonable degree of medical certainty. Apparently your surgeon does not believe that there is a connection, so your only recourse if you want to establish this injury is to get a second opinion from another doctor.
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