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Symptoms of disease - pain in shoulder

The shoulder joint is the most unique joint of the human body on the principle of structure and functional ability. However, irregular and excessive physical load on the shoulder joint lead to local inflammatory processes, leading to some local swelling, joint exudate, and even to the partial rupture of tendons and muscles surrounding the shoulder joint.

However, at the shoulder there is one common with the usual mechanism feature: it can withstand improper handling with him only to a certain limit, after which there is an infringement of its functions. For you such violations turn into pain.

The mechanism of occurrence of pain in the shoulder

Pain in the upper part of the shoulder can come from the back of the neck. Such pain is distributed along the entire length of the hand (including brush), increases with the movement of the neck, can be accompanied by numbness or paresthesia. In the study of cervical or thoracic spine is often found intervertebral hernia. Damaged intervertebral disks of the cervical or thoracic spine eventually lose their elastic properties, flattened, and the distance between the vertebrae is reduced. And this means that the off from the spinal cord nerve roots clamped, there is pain. At the same time in the clamping area of neuro-vascular beam appears swelling, which leads to even greater its infringement and more pain.

Capsulitis, is a rare condition of painful stiffness of muscles of the shoulder girdle. If this condition is detected limit in the amount of abstraction hands to the side when it is picked up and the impossibility of institutions sick hands behind his back. This condition often develops gradually, not noticeable to the patient. Women suddenly find they can't fasten and unfasten itself bra. In severe cases the patient is not able to bring this hand the spoon to his mouth.

The defeat of the rotating mangetki shoulder occurs after the custom of the movements in the hand (for example, painting the ceiling). On the day of performance of works complaints are usually not. The next day, the acute pain when trying to remove something from the top shelf.

The examination is set by the degree of tension in the muscles of the shoulder girdle, the amount of motion in the shoulder joint. On radiographs of the joint, as a rule, the changes will not be available.

Tendobursit occurs when a reactive inflammation of the bags of the shoulder joint, called calcifications tendons of muscles. Is characterized by acute arising pain in his shoulder and significant restriction of both active and passive movements in it. Usually severe pain in the neck, girdle and hands.

Which diseases there is pain in shoulder

The most common causes of pain in shoulder:

1. One of the most common causes of pain in shoulder is an inflammation of the tendons that surround the shoulder joint. These disorders are called tendinitis. More often they arise from excessive load. When you see the wood or play Golf, there is friction tendons about the bones. Here is the origin of the irritation and pain.

2. Bicep tendonitis (arm on the inside of the upper arm, which runs from the shoulder to the elbow region) is manifested chronic pain, which increases when moving and at a palpation. In the case of a complete rupture of the tendon biceps on the shoulder swelling appears in the form of a ball.

3. Bursitis, the partner tendonitis and the perpetrator of the pain in his shoulder, is also associated with the overload. However, it is more a wide range of disorders: to pain joins swelling in the joint handbag - soft-leather bag, surrounding the joint.

4. If you have a pain in shoulder, when you raise your hand, the reason probably lies in the accumulation of salts of calcium, which leads to calcification joint ligaments. Such salt deposits occur in the tendon, which runs under the shoulder blade and shoulder. These disorders is called syndrome of a «clash». Often these processes occur at the age of 30-50 years. The pain in shoulder usually occurs suddenly, she intensive and constant. Become painful movement in the joint on allocating the shoulder of the torso on 30-90. Sometimes the deposition of calcium salts in the joint found by accident, while still asymptomatic, during x-ray examination on another occasion.

5. The pain in shoulder may be associated with traumatic injuries, fewer tumors and hereditary anatomical anomalies. In the fall can occur such a shifting of the humerus bone, where the upper part of the hand literally flies out of the deepening of the joint. When you try to soften the fall, when a person relies on the hand, it may rupture of tendons of muscles, to ensure the rotation of the hand. If such damage is left untreated, it may eventually be persistent violations of the functions of the shoulder.

6. Joint traumas, in addition to accidents, often in athletes or young people. In the latter case occurs frequently recurrent dislocation of shoulder. In adults injury structures of the shoulder joint arise in connection with aging, wear and tear tissue or to develop osteoporosis (disorders of calcium metabolism in the bones).

7. The pain in shoulder is one of the most common problems among bodybuilders, along with pains in the lower back, knees and elbows. Such a shoulder injury can make the impossible a number of exercise training program. The reasons are many, the main of which is the instability of the shoulder joint.
The probability of re-streching of the ligaments of the shoulder increases significantly in the key movements, as a bench bar lying, breeding hands with dumbbells lying, information hand in the simulator and bench bar from the head. The pain may occur as a result of stress in the joint capsule shoulder and unnecessary work of muscles, which seek to maintain a Central position of the head of the shoulder bones in the joint capsule for the correct work of the joint. In addition, the pain may arise as a result of strain cartilage rings, located along the articular cavity. Сartilaginous ring performs several functions: it deepens the articular cavity and serves as an additional support for the joint bags and tendons of the long head biceps.

8. Very often, the pain in his shoulder develops in connection with diseases of internal organs and spread to his shoulder, e.g., in liver disease, myocardial infarction, angina, pneumonia, cervical radiculitis and tumors of the chest.

9. The main manifestation of the humeroscapular periarthrosis - the pain in his shoulder. The pain often begins gradually, without explicit provoking factor, has a progressive nature, often «wakes up» of a patient at night, and significantly affects the performance of everyday activity. Movements in the joints are painful in several directions. The pain in the arm can include pain in the shoulder, arm and hand and wearing a different character: a burning, aching, nagging or shooting, etc. In the hand may give pain in other parts of the body. Course of the disease varies from several weeks to several months. The outcome is also different from a full recovery (even without treatment) up to the development of paintings blocked his shoulder, and syndrome of «shoulder-hand» - and also violations of the brush.

Depending on what the tendons of the shoulder are sick, when various movements there is pain in his shoulder. The limited function of muscles point as a result of the cause of restrictions.
- Pain in the shoulder during the forest hands to the side or at the motion of then forward indicate changes in supraspinal the tendon.
- Pain in the shoulder by a rotation out of the upper part of the arm when pressed to the body of the elbow joint indicate the changes in the infra-spinal the tendon.
- Pain in the shoulder by rotation inside the upper part of the arm when pressed to the body of the elbow joint indicate the changes in the subscapular the tendon.
- Pain in the front of the shoulder when you rotate the forearm inside by the resistance of the often point to the disease long biceps.

Other causes of pain in his shoulder:
- Impigmentny syndrome (syndrome of narrowing).
- Tendon rupture / gap rotator cuff.
- Calcinosis of the forearm / Tendinosis calcarea / calcification tendons.
- Inflammatory diseases of the shoulder such as Polymyalgie rheumatica is an important excluding the diagnosis.
- Pain in the shoulder can be invoked and neurogenic pathology which is manifested paresis, hypotrophy muscles and disorders of sensitivity (neck radiculopathy, the neck and shoulder plexopathy, neuropathy, complex regional pain syndrome, neuralgic amyotrophy, myelopathy).
- Availability of protrusions or hernias of intervertebral discs of the cervical, thoracic region of the spine.
- Pain in the shoulder can be reflected pain any muscles in myofascial syndrome, tendon which is woven into the capsule of the joint.
- Arthrosis, arthritis of the shoulder.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain in shoulder

If You have pain in the shoulder, it is necessary to consult a physician. Consult with orthopedic specialist (preferably with experience in sports medicine) or to a sports doctor who specializes in problems with the joints. Causes of pain in the shoulder can be a lot, and you need a precise diagnosis, to determine the methods of treatment.

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