Sore Shoulder

Many of those who struggle with sore shoulder and arm pain think that there might be two problems going on at the same time. Actually it's nearly always just the one source for the shoulder pain problem.

The body has a way of tricking the brain about where a pain is coming from. This is called referred pain. The brain misinterprets where the pain is coming from and "blames it" on the arm when in fact the actual injury or pain source lies insider or around the shoulder.

Shoulder conditions like frozen shoulder can send pain spreading all the way down to the hand - and even tendonitis or bursitis can cause a pain that seems to be coming from as far down the limb as the elbow.