Asking you since you're in Austin and local to me (wish my sister wasn't in the DFW or I'd get more help her, she's a PT)
40yr, overweight and could do better with diet and exercise( that's going to be worked on).
Been a lifelong shoulder issue/pain. As well as knee issues.
For the shoulder, have been told tendinitis of the long bicep in the shoulder. Any X-rays haven't shown any problems. The pain is mostly an overall ache/inflammation with some waves of more intense pain and some of that slight burning sensation. Most front and top middle areas and internally. Went to the Direct Ortho Clinic yesterday, thinks it's a labrum issue and mri is next week. Repetitive motions are hell, and turning a pipe wrench at every angle while hunched over in water meter pits is worse. Been constant pain for the last week plus.
Right knee, to a lesser degree the left also, I deal with tendinitis of the patellar area, possible arthritic pain. With the right I also have a tear in the medial meniscus on the outside edge, that does catch from time to time and makes life hell. The left also has a probable similar tear, just have never been in bad enough pain to do a mri.
My question is do you you have any recommendations for decent orthopedic doctor in the Austin region? Would like to get a 2nd opinion after this shoulder mri, depending what they say. Also, would like to find a place that I can start to go through long term treatments to finally try to get my issues under better pain management and possibly more tolerable.
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