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Shoulder nerve pain is not common but it can arise for a number of reasons. The shoulder joint and all the muscles that surround it get their nerve supply from the same part of the spinal cord that supplies the fifth segment of the neck. This is called the C5 segment of the neck.
Pain from the C5 segment of the neck (or from the shoulder joint and the tissues that surround it) is felt from the top of the arm, down over the outer part of the elbow and towards the hand. This type of shoulder nerve pain is called referred pain.
The shoulder nerve is also called the suprascapular nerve - it runs above the spine of the shoulder blade bone - passing through a little notch - to supply the joint and its muscles.
Some specialist doctors can inject this suprascapular shoulder nerve as a treatment for chronic shoulder pain.
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shoulders by following the links on these pages
Labels: nerve pain shoulder, rotator cuff pain, shoulder nerve, shoulder pain
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Shoulder Injuries are a common problem for those doctors who see athletes or sports men and women.
The shoulder is a very mobile joint and a shoulder injury can be sustained during a fall or during a throwing action or a tackle in football in rugby.
The challenge for the doctor or physical therapist is to figure out which part of the shoulder anatomy has been injured? The underlying problem might lie in the shoulder muscles, the tendons that join the muscles to the bone, the bursa or within the joint itself.
Injury to the shoulder can trigger a tear in the joint capsule or in the labrum - the tissue that deepens the socket that the head of the humerus sits in.
Read more about how injury can affect the
shoulder by following the links on these pages
Labels: rotator cuff, rotator cuff pain, shoulder injuries, shoulder injury, shoulder tendonitis, shoulder tendons
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Shoulder tendonitis is the name given to the condition where the tendons of the shoulder muscles become inflamed. The suffix "itis" means inflammation - think of tonsillitis, dermatitis, appendicitis and the likes. A tendon is the gristle that joins muscle flesh onto bone so "tendonitis" is inflammation in a tendon.
Shoulder tendonitis can be treated by physical therapy, by acupuncture, by exercises or stretches or sometimes by injection of a steroid.
Rarely
tendonitis at the shoulder can progress or deteriorate into a rotator cuff tear.
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shoulders by following the links on this page
Labels: rotator cuff, rotator cuff pain, shoulder pain, shoulder tendonitis, shoulder tendons
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Shoulder Pain Talk
I'm always on the look out for new high quality
shoulder pain resources on the internet.
Dr Mike Carroll MD has created an extensive new blog site called
Shoulder Pain Talk - it covers a wide range of different aspects relating to shoulder pain - including
rotator cuff injury and
shoulder replacement surgery.
Many other topics are also covered with up to date research and information explained in clear and easy terms.
Take a look at Mike's site - it's a good complement to the frozen shoulder information available in the Joint Enterprise site.
Labels: rotator cuff pain, shoulder pain, surgery
