rotator cuff and no insurance

Hello,
thanks for reading. I play a lot of volleyball and my rotator cuff has given me quite lot of pain in the last year or so. I can't sleep on my shoulder, hitting the ball hurts, etc. I had an x-ray done, but they found nothing wrong. I played volleyball about two weeks ago (abnormal for it to be so long ago), but my shoulder has started hurting for no reason now. And it hurts pretty bad--im taking max ibuprofen to quell the pain which gets rid of about 80% of it. i am currently without insurance, so I can't see a doctor for about a 2 months. I don't want to hurt myself further, so my question is, can I do physical therapy at home, or should I tough out the next few months?

thanks for any response anyone has!
Thanks,
Ben

Posted By Ben on October 01, 2009 at 15:59:47:

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