Sore Shoulder

Sore shoulder is a common problem that many of us face.

Here are a list of the common causes of shoulder pain:

• frozen shoulder - common at all ages but frozen shoulder is more often found in women and in diabetic patients
• shoulder bursitis - the bursa is a small sac of fluid under the shoulder muscles - it's designed to produce lubrication and friction free movement. Inflammation in the shoulder bursa is called bursitis
• tendonitis in the rotator cuff - the rotator cuff muscles are a small group of strong muscles that allow us to move and stabilise our shoulder - inflammation or injury to the tendon is called tendonitis
• referred pain from the neck - not all shoulder pain actually arises in the shoulder. It's quite common to have a pain problem start in the neck and then spread to the shoulder.
• shoulder arthritis - shoulder joint arthritis is not as common as for example knee arthritis or hip arthritis but it does happen sometimes - often after previous injury to the rotator cuff muscles
• problems in the abdomen - gall bladder or pancreas or sometimes liver pain can seem as if it is coming from the shoulder