OK... kewl, then this should be fairly easy! of course you take your typical AP & Lateral views, but other views I will take depending on what I think the problem might be is 2 additional AP views, not sure if they are text-book views, but they can allow you to view the entire joint. Take one with the shoulder externally rotated and one internally rotated, I take both of these with your arm in the air like you are doing a bicep pose/flex except for obviously when your shoulder is internally rotated your arm is pointed down vs. externally rotated it is up. I mainly take these views to see the dynamics of the bones during internal and external rotation of the joint. Typically all it rules out is obvious bone on bone contact and fractures, but it is always best to rule out the simple/obvious things first. I mean you never know, as highly unlikely as it may be, you could have had an old fracture that healed incorrectly, added bone growth, bone spur, a good many things osseous-wise an injury can possibly cause. Once those are all ruled out with simple/cheap X-Rays, then the next obvious step is an MRI, which is probably going to be what you need to determine your injury. I'm only going with the statistical odds that it is most probably a soft tissue injury which you, a radiology tech know, that an MRI is the best most accurate way for determining and/or diagnosing those! Also, I'm at home right now, was just doing a quick check of the forum, so I don't have time to actually look them all up, but I'm sure you can Google them, there are a good number of muscle/orthopedic tests you can conduct to narrow down the soft-tissue possibilities of what area/muscles/ligaments are or could be involved with your injury. It is always best to have an educated guess of what is wrong before seeing a professional, they don't always like being told ahead of time what your problem is, but being you are a professional, they usually don't mind when it is from one professional to another! If you can't find the necessary muscle/orthopedic tests by the time I get to work tomorrow, just let me know and I'll look them up in my text and help you try and diagnose your problem to the best of my ability. And I'm both sure and hope that BEZOE and CELC5 will chime in, they are both very well educated professionals and they always seem to catch stuff I miss and/or add valuable insight, which is yet another reason why I always recommend a 2nd and sometimes a 3rd opinion when opting to get surgery or something serious! I'll touch base with you again tomorrow and see if we can't get this thing figured out together before your Doctor's appt!
