Shoulder Pain - Statins or Rotator Cuff?

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A brief background of my situation:

Retired last August at 57 and began an aggressive exercise program including

resistance training while on 40mg of Simvastatin. Developed neck pains by the

end of Sept. Pains spread to my thighs, back, and upper right arm by Nov. Took

several 1 1/2 week holidays from exercising. No joy.

Have quit exercising since mid-Dec. Cut my simvastatin to 20mg at that time.

Recovered from thigh and back pain. Completely quit taking statins on Jan. 1.

Neck and upper arm still hurting. Actually, my right upper arm has become worst

over the last couple of months of not exercising and not taking statins.

I began exercising again this week. None of the resistance exercises cause the

pain, just reaching or certain movements cause the pain. Could I have a rotator

cuff injury instead of statin poisoning? Funny that the exercises don't hurt

the painful muscles! And not exercising did nothing to lessen the pain. I'm

seeing my doctor on Tues., but don't want to lay out thousands of dollars to

just be told I have myopathy. How would he/they be able to tell if it is

myopathy or rotator cuff injury? I've spent thousands before on things that

just took time to go away. The thousands did nothing to make it happen faster.

Thanks for any replies!