question: I have had a restricted shoulder for months and recently have had pain in the neck and my ear is swollen and sore.  I had an osteoma removed from the ear canal years ago and usually the doctor says he cant see anything but I know that antibiotics usually clear it up.  i have never had a scan but wondered if this could be mastoiditis.  I am in my fifties but apart from this am very fit.  How do I get my doctor to recognise it could be my ear that is causing my shoulder pain