Slept on my shoulder

[bainbridge]

I've had this once before with my neck but never with a shoulder. I awoke on Saturday morning with a dead arm after sleeping on it, but once the pins and needles wore off I couldn't lift my arm! There was a sharp shoulder pain with any attempt at movement. Gradually over the past few days I got a bit more mobility each day and am now back to 95% full movement with just a dull pain.

Has anyone else had this?

PS I'm 44 and in pretty good shape.

 

[bainbridge]

Had something like this in my 20s. Had no strength at all in that arm (my left). It was bad enough that I couldn't even support myself with both hand if I went on all fours. Had to do one arm push ups on the right.

The doctor sent me for an x-ray, strange as presumably it would be muscular or nerve related. They said they could see some kind of shadow on the image. Anyhow, it went away eventually and I regained full strength after a few months.

Things like this it's usually the neck. It's surprising how high minor damage up the neck can affect the arm.

I had something the doctors referred to as "loss of feeling" in one arm following a motorbike accident in my teens, feeling came back in about a week.

 

[bainbridge]

Every
Single
Night

Since I broke my shoulder, if I sleep on my left side, I can guarantee this will happen, however when I wake, it's both arms that are dead and it takes a few minutes for them to wake up once I struggle onto my back.

The strange thing is that I broke my right shoulder.

I've always slept on my left side so I naturally turn that way without knowing it once I've fallen asleep. I can lay on my right side but it's uncomfortable after a while and so I just live with the fact that I'm probably never going to have an undisturbed night again.

Sorry to hear about this

I too am a side sleeper, preferring one side, and after nodding off I turn onto my left side.