I don't I've had anything with my shoulders. I had a nerve study but that came back normal. What type of test or imaging are you referring to?

shoulder imaging: MRI arthrogram

they inject contrast into the shoulder capsule to get a better look at the shoulder structure

Dr. Smith has a good suggestion regarding the shoulder. another possibility is thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS).

I developed TOS from a car accident and had similar symptoms on the affected side. surgery fixed that issue but I still had problems with strength in the upper arm and neck spasms after surgery. about 4 yrs later, they discovered a problem with the shoulder stemming from the same car accident. once the shoulder was fixed, the neck settled down. so you could have a couple of problems going on.

nerve conduction studies are rarely positive.

Is your desk/workstation set up as ergonomically as possible?
do you hold the phone with neck/shoulder quite often?
how many hr s a day do you do computer work, do you often take breaks to stretch and get blood flowing again...?
How is your overall posture - head forward , shoulders hunched or rolled forward of the body?
TOS can also be related to repetitive work and static postures (desk-work) over time.

Here's our useful sticky thread link for our TOS forum - like a crash course for TOS -
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread84.html

[QUOTE=Jo*mar;803943]Is your desk/workstation set up as ergonomically as possible?
do you hold the phone with neck/shoulder quite often?
how many hr s a day do you do computer work, do you often take breaks to stretch and get blood flowing again...?
How is your overall posture - head forward , shoulders hunched or rolled forward of the body?
TOS can also be related to repetitive work and static postures (desk-work) over time.

Here's our useful sticky thread link for our TOS forum - like a crash course for TOS

I've replaced my chair. I try to wear a headset at all times. I never put phone on neck/shoulder.... actually I can't do that.I find I have to take breaks after 2 hrs. Sometimes I take my laptop and work standing up for a while. (have a high shelf) I will check out TOS. I appreciate the referral. I am just sooooooooo discouraged! I started my own business 7 years ago and it's been pretty successful........ I just wonder how I can continue..... I'm blessed I can work from home but I still must put in 8 hr's of computer work a day. I have employees but we are all virtual so I can't just hand something so someone and say "here you do this". Plus, I'm the one with the technical knowledge..... I can't be the only one that has this problem...

I had to give up a successful business of ten years due to disabling intractable pain & headaches. It was my "child", as I grew it from infancy, and it consisted of all my creative passion & effort through those years. It takes a while to recognize, reconcile, and recover from many different kinds of life-changing events. It can also be a grieving process.

I'm not suggesting you need to or should do what I had to (and I sincerely hope that you do not have to). Only that at some point, and possibly several, you may need to examine and re-evaluate your situation, priorities, and options, and then continue/proceed forward. These are hard decisions, no bout adoubt it.

Doc

In my case they could tell from a simple x-ray, but they may go further with MRI, contrast... I'm not familiar with all the different kinds of imaging yet (and in a way I hope I never have to).

Doc