PAIN Problems and
Solutions
Shoulder Pain
What is Shoulder Pain?
Your shoulder is made up of three bones: your upper arm bone (humerus), your shoulder blade (scapula), and your collarbone (clavicle).
The head of your upper arm bone fits into a rounded socket in your shoulder blade. This socket is called the glenoid. A combination of muscles and tendons keeps your arm bone centered in your shoulder socket.
These tissues are called the rotator cuff. They cover the head of your upper arm bone and attach it to your shoulder blade.
What Causes Shoulder Pain?
- Tendon inflammation (Bursitis or Tendinitis) or tendon tear
- Instability
- Arthritis
- Fracture (Broken bone)
- Bursitis
- Tendinitis
- Tendon Tears
- Impingement
- Instability
- Arthritis
- Fracture
Management
There are several ways you can help your shoulder pain.
- Painkillers
- Heat or cold therapy
- Rest and exercise
- Posture
When Should I Seek Professional Help?
Unless you have had a serious injury or get a sudden, continuous pain, you can usually treat your shoulder pain without having to see your doctor.
If, after two weeks of treating yourself, you feel the pain is not any better you should see your doctor or a physiotherapist.
You should also see your doctor as soon as possible if you:
- Develop severe pain in both shoulders
- Also have pain in your thighs
- Feel feverish or unwell
When Should I Seek Professional Help?
Beaumont Health
https://www.beaumont.org/services/pain-management-services/shoulder-pain-management
Michigan’s largest health care system based on inpatient admissions and net patient revenue and provides patients with compassionate, extraordinary care, no matter where they live.
www.paintreatmentspecialists.com
A team of Harvard trained Pain Specialists committed to delivering comprehensive and customized pain treatment plans with minimally invasive techniques to ensure our patients a pain-free life.
Understanding Your Shoulders
Understanding your Shoulders (health.qld.gov.au)
Shoulder Pain and Simple Exercises
https://www.versusarthritis.org/media/3095/shoulder-pain-pamphlet.pdf
Framework For The Shoulder NICHOLAS A. DINUBILE
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/framework-for-the-shoulder-9781605295923
FREE 7 Things You Can Do Now To Reduce Neck & Shoulder Pain E-BOOK
https://synergyrehabandwellness.com/ebook/7-things-you-can-do-now-to-reduce-neck-shoulder-pain/
Understanding shoulder pain
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4UYaumLy90
Common reasons for shoulder pain and treatments
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dElXlXeUng
Dealing with chronic shoulder pain
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrofW3NHDWk
What causes shoulder pain?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC0iNZySIzE
There Are Three Main Categories Of Pain:
Acute Pain
Lasts for a short time and occurs following surgery or trauma or other condition. It acts as a warning to the body to seek help. Although it usually improves as the body heals, in some cases, it may not.
Cancer Pain
Lasts beyond the time expected for healing following surgery, trauma or other condition. It can also exist without a clear reason at all. Although chronic pain can be a symptom of other disease, it can also be a disease in its own right, characterised by changes within the central nervous system.
Chronic Pain
Can occur in patients with early stage and advanced disease, and in cancer survivors as a severe and debilitating side-effect of treatment.
