Shoulder Pain
Shoulder pain is a very common problem. The shoulder joint is the most mobile joint in the body.
The shoulder joint is made up of three main parts:
- Humerus (the upper-arm bone)
- Clavicle (the collarbone)
- Scapula (the shoulder blade)
You can injure your shoulder by performing manual labor, playing sports, or even by repetitive movement. Certain diseases can bring about pain that travels to the shoulder. These include diseases of the cervical spine (neck), as well as liver, heart and gallbladder disease.
Common Injuries that Lead to Shoulder Pain
Knowing why you’re experiencing shoulder pain is the first step to treating it, and shoulders can be injured by a variety of activities, including seemingly harmless ones, like sitting at your desk at work.
What Causes Shoulder pain ?
- Bruises
- Injured tendons, which connect the muscle to the bone
- Injured ligaments, which help keep the shoulder joint stable
- Injured nerves
- Torn rotator cuff, which happens when any of the four tendons that cover the shoulder joint is damaged
- Strained muscles
- Broken bones
- Dislocation
- Bursitis, which is when the fluid sac cushioning and lubricating the shoulder joint becomes inflamed.
- Tendinitis, which is when the tendons become inflamed.
- Muscle strain.
- Frozen shoulder, which “freezes” your shoulder’s range of movement.
- Impingement syndrome, which is when overhead arm movements force the tendons to rub against a part of the shoulder blade, which can lead the rotator cuff tendons to become inflamed.
While the above mentioned causes are the most common reason for shoulder pain, there are a handful of less-common injuries that can also affect your shoulder, including:
- Irregular posture
- Osteoarthritis
- Herniated disk
- Calcium buildup
- Infection
How Physical Therapy Can Help With Shoulder Pain and Shoulder Injuries
At Refit Physio and Rehab clinic your treatment will be custom-designed focused on pain management, improving mobility, regaining strength and restoring function. Our physiotherapist may also give you home care advice on how to alter your everyday activities to better support your shoulders, so you can avoid re-injury. You may also be assigned a unique home-exercise routine to follow to help you maintain your mobility once your therapy sessions are complete.