i'm sorry you're going through this. navigating the health care system can be very frustrating indeed! let me start by saying osteoporosis in and of itself can be quite painful. therefore it is possible there's nothing else wrong with your husband's shoulder. still i can understand your concern and desire to get further testing done. try not to be too hard on your husband's physicians. part of the problem may be his insurance carrier. if nothing showed up on x-ray your husband's insurance may not cover an mri. that's not the doctor's fault; that's just the rules set forth by the insurance company. that said if you want to push for further imaging studies ask to be referred to an orthopedic surgeon. a shoulder fracture may require surgical repair so it's not necessarily an unreasonable request. i wish you and your husband all the best in getting this sorted out. if the doctor said to go to the er and you did. let the doctor know this and therefore you've done what he told you to do. he should order the mri. my step mother had extreme pain in her shoulder and because of insurance purposes it took a minute or two before the doctor ordered the mri. finally she's doing great after he gave her a shot in her shoulder. sometimes you have to keep at him!
can't get proper medical care. help! . husband having debilitation shoulder pain x-rays show nothing. just diagnosed with osteoperosis. the reason for test was mutiple fractured ribs they did not see on x-rays found those on mri. he's 38 has spinal stenosis degenerative disc disease. doc will not order mri for shoulder cause nothing on x-ray. we reminded doc they had to do mri to find rib fractures. doc told him if pain gets worse go to er; er said he needed to see doc. wtf! what specialist do we tell the doc to refer him too?