Something that has helped me a lot with shoulder problems is an over shoulder heating pad. They make heating pads that are shaped in such a way that you can wear them while you're sitting down, and it helps a lot.

Another thing, in my experience, is that shoulder problems can be caused by neck or jaw misalignment that is pinching your nerves. If you are having any neck pain at all, getting that solved would directly help resolve your shoulder problems.

I tried something similar as the heating pad, but it was way too hot outside and inside the room that it felt like i'm gonna melt lol
Though now that it is colder i will probably try an over shoulder heating pad like you said.

Luckily i do not have neck pain (except if i slept wrong) so it probably is not a pinched nerve, it is very likely just my wrong posture and weak shoulder muscles and also the fact that i have extreme problems to relax, especially my shoulders.

I am glad to hear you aren't having neck problems! It took years and and a lot of money for me to get my own issues addressed.

One last idea: This isn't an easy method, but if you can find a physical therapist that does "Dry Needling" then it would probably greatly speed up your shoulder recovery. It is *much* more effective than a massage.

In any case, I really hope that you find a good path to recovery! Pain interfering with something that you love doing is one of the worst things to deal with ><

I hope things improve for you and the pain doesn't stick around for much longer. It sounds awful to deal with

Thank you, i am working on it with stretching and workouts, though taking more breaks from working also really helps already.

i deal with tmjd and i get shoulder and neck porblems often because of that. Voltaren is a good option (but also an expensive one) and heating pads, i use a wheat pillow myself or you can use a cherry pit pillow but that thing gets waaaay to hot for me xD

Yeah my doc also told me to use something like voltaren for the pain, but that's way to exepensive over time :'D

I'd get into physical therapy as soon as possible. And stay consistent with it! First step is to find a therapist that knows what's up.
Saying this as someone who's crafting for a living and has had shoulder blade issues since around 2018. Pills and anti inflammatory medicine doesn't get you very far.

Exercise wise, look into rotator cuff rehab. I don't know if that's your specific issue but it's super common.

unfortunately this. Had some bad posture issues while sitting, saw a physical therapist who gave me a stretch routine. Any time I don't do the routine for 2-3 days I feel it immediately on that next day. In my case most of my stretches were overhead focused with me laying on a massage roller along my spine.

Hey I do that all the time too because I sit so much haha. Foam roller on the upper back and big stretch... It's more preventative for me at this point though. Don't wanna mess my posture up completely.

What always helped me with muscle/back issues is a warming gel. I used Perskindol, my variant comes with a roll-on, which is perfect. It seems to be one of the creams that is around everywhere, so maybe you'll find it.
But of course, that is not shoulder specific, never had a problem there

Im trying to backwards crawl cuz of some boxing manga so you might wanna try that if you have a choice, I guess … ?