Dr. Anthony Lombardi
Science & Tech • Fitness & Health
A community for Acupuncturists to learn and receive support about physical assessment, electro-acupuncture, motor point acupuncture, orthopedics, case studies, and much more.
Interested? Want to learn more about the community?
Help with a patient with chronic shoulder pain

Hi everyone, I have a 70 yo female chronic systemic patient with fibromyalgia, with pain everywhere for 40 years, surgeries on both knees, on toes on both feet, and on right rotator cuff. 1 year ago fell to the floor and damaged her shoulder)
After 4 months of EXTORE, herbal medicine and diet, all pains has gone but the shoulders. Before she couldn't move them without pain, now still have pain under minimal resistence. still difficult to do normal life.
She got an MRI with the next results:
Right Shoulder: Full-thickness tear in supraspinatus tendon with 4-5 cm tendon retraction.
Tendinopathy and partial thickness articular surface tearing in the infraspitatus tendon.
Effusion and synovitis in the glenohumeral joint
AC joint arthritis, subacromial/subdeltoid bursitis. Partial tear of subscapularis tendon. Posterior labral tear. Mild supraspinatus muscle atrophy.
Left Shoulder: partial thickness articular surface and substance tearing in the supraspinatus tendon 1 cm from its insertion onto the greater tuberosity. Effusion and sinovitis are seen in the glenohumeral joint.
Full-thickness tear in the subscapularis tendon of the lesser tuberosity with up to 3 cm of tendon retraction. Partial tearing of the long head of the head of the biceps tendon
AC joint arthritis and subacromial bursitis.
Type II SLAP tear.
Subscapularis muscle atrophy

Do you have any suggestions on how to keep treating her?
I have been doing perfusion, working on her serratus, and basically all muscles around the shoulders, and also 20 Hz on her AC joint (but this only 4 times, should I do it constant 2xweek or somehthing like that?
Thank you very. much for your help!

Interested? Want to learn more about the community?
What else you may like…
Videos
Posts
Cool Feature on the Locals Phone app

Thank you to @susan_beck for showing me this
Neat little feature on the Locals Phone app.

Bookmarks Help you save post and videos that you want to go back to later.

00:00:58
February 14, 2026
Calling EXSTORE Grads

5 patients on needles as i make this video….

00:00:42
December 29, 2025
Gut inflammation related to knee OA

Give this a read after you watch the video: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7689775/

00:01:12
Save up to 50% on an in-person seminar for 2026

You can save 25-50% on an in-person seminar for 2026 while you build your on-line library!

Here's how:

• Spend $500 on digital classes and get 25% off an in-person class

• Spend $800 on digital classes and get 50% off an in-person class

Excludes the Clinical Intensive
Coupon code will be emailed to you after digital order is completed

This includes webinars, online courses, bundles - everything that is on sale right now!

Sale ends May 30th at midnight.

Click here to start shopping: https://aseseminars.com/on-demand-education/?v=34f435c6b599

June 04, 2026
Puzzling case: Pain from left shoulder to thigh

I am seeing a 24 year old woman who is highly active, does multiple sports and has a labor intensive job 6 days a week. She has left shoulder pain centered around the rhomboids/middle trap, that causes restriction on left cervical rotation (about 60 degrees) and shoulder flexion (only when scapula is retracted/engaged, when not it can go all the way up but when it is it only goes to 90). She says it feels elevated compared to right side but I can’t really see it (could just be me though).

The weird thing is that when it hurts, it refers down into a sciatic pain distribution, going all the way down the left leg to around mid thigh. Also her R big toe gets numb ???!

EXSTORE: upper body no inhibitions, though should I use more force on someone athletic? Lower body I could only find left TFL and anterior gluteus medius. Some pain on external rotation of left hip.

She’s had multiple falls (skiing, equestrian).

She gets chronic cold hands and feet and sweats constantly, actually sweats more ...

@Exstoreman hi doc, any tips based on this report for myself. I did a 9km race on it pain free and then it flare for a week. Now mild pain walking. I assume needling over the bone and either side of perineal tendon at high frequency? Would you do some reciprocal work on say tib post? Thx paisan.

post photo preview
See More
Available on mobile and TV devices
google store google store app store app store
google store google store app tv store app tv store amazon store amazon store roku store roku store
Powered by Locals