Sore Shoulder

It can be tricky sometimes to figure out the cause of a pain in the shoulder - particularly if the person also has symptoms in the hand such as pain or pins and needles.

Many cases of shoulder pain spreading down the arm have their origin in the muscles and tendons around the shoulder - or even in the joint itself. But sometimes you need to look elsewhere for the real root of the problem. The neck is often the guilty party ..... !

An inflamed nerve in the neck often triggers a pain that seems to come from the shoulder but doesn't really. The brain gets confused by the incoming pain signal and blames the shoulder, or the hand or both when the problem really lies in the neck itself or in the nerves that arise in the neck. This kind of pain is often accompanied by a sense of tingling or pins and needles in the hand.