Patty - yours sounds exactly like mine and that was a frozen shoulder. The rotator cuff muscles at the top of the arm get damaged by injury (like shouldering open a door) or prolonged pressure (sleeping awkwardly on a hard surface did mine in) but they can be fixed with physio and corticosteroid injections. I had my first injection about 6 weeks ago and the difference was almost instant. I'm still having trouble with the 'bra strap' manouevre but everything else has returned to as normal as I ever was.

Little Hawk - you have to stop doing that thing you do or it'll never heal!

Guest -I got one - sounds like you have a trapped nerve. Go to a clinic and get it sorted by a physioterrorist - a GP probably isn't the right person to deal with that.

LTS