My arm hurts when I raise it or try to pick something up?

My arm hurts if I hold it out like I'm trying to balance on
a balance beam or if I reach behind me in the car to hand the kids something in
the backseat. I can't sleep on that side and I can't hold my kid with that arm.

I've been to the doctor and she didn't seem concerned at all, at the time she
gave me steroids for a sinus infection and it seemed like it helped my arm at
least temporarily.

I've tried aspercream, prescription strength advil, heat, massage, cold packs
and NOTHING helps.

Any ideas? anything I can try? The only problem with seeing a new doctor is that
they would probably want to do X-Rays and I haven't met my $500 deductible so
any sort of test will cost me a fortune.
This sounds exactly like how my arm felt when I hurt my shoulder. The injury was
a nerve in my shoulder, but all the symptoms were in my arm. Have you fallen
against your shoulder recently?

At that time I was told to continue to move my arm through range of motion, all
the way around, and up all the way, like you said, like holding it out on a
balance beam, but the raise it up and over your head.

There is also the risk that if things in your shoulder are inflamed that you
could get adhesions, and that could lead to frozen shoulder, so don't be afraid
to take those anti-inflammatories. This might also be why the steroids helped.

Hope you're feeling better soon!