The inability to lift your arm from a strained shoulder muscle may be caused by the muscle strain itself, or it may be caused by a combination of rotator cuff and nerve damage. Treatment includes physical therapy, medication and surgery.
1. Muscle strain: if the patient can’t lift his arm due to simple muscle strain, he usually needs to take sufficient rest and hydrate more to accelerate the metabolism of the body; if necessary, he can brake the affected limb; ultrasonic treatment can also be carried out to promote the repair of the muscle.
2. Rotator cuff injury: muscle strain is particularly serious and may cause rotator cuff injury leading to the above symptoms, patients can take oral ibuprofen, loxoprofen and other drugs to reduce the inflammatory reaction, can also be localized physical therapy to promote the repair of trauma; patients with tears need to be arthroscopic surgery to repair or reconstruction.
3. Nerve injury: muscle strains accompanied by nerve injury may also occur in patients with the above symptoms, the damage is mild patients can take oral methylcobalamin, B vitamins and other drugs to nourish the nerves; can also be carried out in the medium and low-frequency electrical stimulation to stimulate the nerve repair; patients with nerve dissection need to be emergency treatment for nerve anastomosis.
The same disease, the patient’s physical condition is different, different stages of the disease, the treatment method is different, should be standardized under the guidance of the doctor. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.