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I can't lay straight with out geting shooting pain in my arm an rotates to the front it really hurts an i can sleep well what can it be

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Why all theses pain : First of all why are you taking all these pain medications? Not good? Why did you have back surgery? You need to give a good history of the arm issue. Return to your doctor for full evaluation

Answered 11/7/2016

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