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From: leland@snowmass (Lee Woodbury)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Calcium deposits (question)
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Date: Fri, 24-Oct-86 11:35:46 EDT
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A friend who is a manic exerciser (swimming, running, aerobics, weights,
etc.) began experiencing pain in her shoulder about a month ago which
has continued and become sharper.  The pain inhibits some movement of
her arm; e.g., she can't bring it up all the way over her head or touch
the middle of her back.  An osteopath, whom she has seen for other
reasons and whom she trusts, first thought it was tendonitis and treated
her with acupuncture.  The acupuncture, besides being painful itself (it
don't matter what anyone says, sticking needles into your body hurts!),
made the shoulder pain worse.  (Or perhaps more accurately, the shoulder
pain got worse after the acupuncture.)

Anyway, the osteopath now believes it's a calcium deposit, and is
discussing treatment first with anti-inflammatory medicine and, if that
doesn't work, with cortisone shots.

My questions are, what's a calcium deposit, what causes it, why does it
hurt, and what makes it go away?  Can anyone out there provide
information?

Many thanks.

Lee Woodbury
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