I've always felt something was wrong with my left shoulder, it kinda hurt when I raised my arms and did the stretch against the wall. Like there was a ball of hard muscle in the way. And maybe about a year ago I saw that the left shoulder pops up when doing a pushup. Asked Dr. Schelly about it and he seemed to not think much of it, except that I should concentrate more on my form when doing pushups. A few days ago I started having a mild dull pain in my left shoulder which got more intense as the days went on. Luckily I had a chiropractor appointment on Tuesday so I asked about it. He says I have a lot of tightness in the back shoulder blade area, unusual for it to be on the non-dominant side and on the back. He says it could be an old injury that never healed or got aggravated. Don't recall ever hurting my left shoulder. Some sort of shoulder impingement though he kinda suggested maybe not. But not bursitis. He massaged around the knot and shoulder, said I should be sore today but with more range of mobility. Definitely hurts more today and feels like it hurts more with less movement. Hopefully things will be better today, took a tylenol before work which seem to take the edge off. Put on oba-chan's patch, we'll see if that helps with the pain a little. If it is shoulder impingement, it took take 3-6 months, even up to a year for it to heal. As long as the pain subsides and I can reach back to put my bra on and put on a shirt, I can wait a year. So if it doesn't get better in a week or two, guess I'll go see a doctor and see if I need to get a MRI or xray.
