Shoulder pain guide

Rotator cuff tendinitis (shoulder overuse pain) treatment online in Virginia and West Virginia

This guide is for shoulder pain from overhead use or repetition, not for exertional pain with chest pressure, a dislocation, or inability to lift the arm.

Start online

Start a $59 online review for Rotator cuff tendinitis.

Review for adults with shoulder pain that came on with overhead use or repetition, is worse reaching overhead or behind the back, and does not involve an injury, weakness, or numbness: activity changes, a home range-of-motion and cuff-strengthening program, and at the physician's discretion a bounded topical or screened oral anti-inflammatory course composed by hand.

If treatment is appropriate, your physician can send a non-controlled prescription to your pharmacy and provide portal instructions for the next step.

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Quick facts

You must be physically located in Virginia or West Virginia at the time of request.
Starts at $59
No insurance needed
No app download
Physician review around the clock
Non-controlled prescriptions can be sent to your pharmacy when appropriate
A work or school note can be included when medically appropriate
Response windows: 24/7, every day

Common symptoms

Aching outer shoulder pain after painting, swimming, throwing, or lifting overhead
Worse reaching up or lying on that side
Still able to raise the arm, just uncomfortable

May fit online care

Adults 18 and older
No exertional pain with chest pressure or shortness of breath
No fall, crash, dislocation, or visible deformity
Able to lift the arm, even if painful
No numbness, tingling, or hand weakness

Look for another care setting

Shoulder or arm pain that comes on with exertion, or with chest pressure, shortness of breath, sweating, or nausea
A hot, red, swollen shoulder with fever, or a visible deformity after a fall or dislocation
Inability to lift the arm, or an arm that drops when lowered slowly
New numbness, tingling, or hand weakness, or constant pain at rest or at night

What to have ready

Which activities bring on the shoulder pain
Whether you can raise your arm and hold it up
Any numbness or tingling down the arm
How long the pain has lasted

What happens next

Standard

$59

Within 6 hours

Priority

$99

Within 3 hours

Rush

$149

Within 1 hour

Start the request on the website, answer the fit questions, and choose the response window you want. If the concern still fits this service, a physician reviews it and sends a secure update after sign-in. When appropriate, non-controlled prescriptions can be sent to your pharmacy, and a basic work or school note can be included at physician discretion.

Your physician

Every visit is personally reviewed by Ankur Fadia, MD — board-certified, cardiology-fellowship-trained, and Alpha Omega Alpha. Licensed in Virginia and West Virginia — your care is never handed off.

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How is this different from a heart problem?

Shoulder or arm pain that comes on specifically with exertion, or comes with chest pressure, shortness of breath, sweating, or nausea, is treated as a possible heart problem, not a shoulder problem, and needs emergency evaluation rather than this lane.

What if I can't lift my arm at all?

Inability to lift the arm, or an arm that drops when lowered slowly, can mean a full tendon tear and needs an in-person examination rather than online review.

What does the home program involve?

Avoiding overhead activity for 2 to 4 weeks, daily pendulum and range-of-motion exercises, then light-band rotator cuff and scapular strengthening as pain allows, with a check-in at 4 weeks.

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