Shoulder Bursitis

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This has kept me from lifting weights since July 14th:

This is the X-ray of my right shoulder taken this past Thursday.

What’s wrong with this picture?  I have no clue.  All I know is that I went to Moore Orthopedic on Thursday because I thought I had a torn rotator cuff.  Turns out, it was just “shoulder bursitis” — inflammation, basically.

I’ve had limited mobility on my right shoulder since July 14th, the day I was playing football in my wife’s grandmother’s yard and stiff-armed her 250- pound cousin who was barreling at me like a freight train.  Sure, we won the game, but having my arm jammed back into its socket wasn’t the price I would have preferred to pay.

According to Moore Orthopedic, I should be 100% again come Monday.  An MRI will be required if that’s not the case, so let’s hope for the best.

Update 8/26/12 at 6 AM.  This was sent to me by Cedric:  “You can tell the bursitis by the spacing between the upper knob of the shoulder and the socket. Xrays don’t show living tissue. Bursitis is an inflammation of the liquid/cartilage cushion between the bone and the socket well. I used to date a girl with horrible bursitis in her knees from volleyball. This is what her knees looked like most of the time.“