Glenoid Labrum Tear
Glenoid labrum tears may mostly occur in people involved in repeated overhead movements or athletes who play sports like throw ball, baseball or are weightlifters. If you have a glenoid labrum tear you will experience weakness and intense pain in your shoulder, more so when you try to raise your arm or reach out to […]
Scapula Fractures
A direct and forceful traumatic injury like in a motor vehicle collision or a fall from a great height can cause a fracture in your shoulder blade. You will feel swelling, intense pain in your scapular region and inability to move your arm when any part of your scapula undergoes a fracture. Shoulder Joint Anatomy […]
Rotator Cuff Tears
Rotator cuff tear is one of the common problems in the elderly population but can be seen in any age group especially after injury. If you have a rotator cuff tear you will experience weakness and mild to extreme pain in your shoulder, especially when you try to raise your arm, lift things up or […]
Dislocated Shoulder
You can rotate your shoulder joint in many directions. This ability to move your shoulder makes your shoulder joint unstable and prone to easy dislocation. When the head of your upper arm bone comes out of the shallow socket in your shoulder, you are said to have dislocated your shoulder. Unbearable pain and swelling are […]
A break in your collarbone is known as a clavicle fracture. You may fracture your collarbone by the pressure of a sudden fall on your shoulder or your arm. The snapping sound of a bone-breaking, intense pain in your shoulder thereafter and inability to move your arm is the foremost indications of a clavicle fracture. […]
Chronic Shoulder Instability
The shoulder, the most movable joint in your body, allows you to move your arm in multiple directions. When your upper arm bone, as a result of a sudden traumatic direct injury or repeated overuse, is forced out of your shoulder socket, it results in shoulder dislocation. After several dislocations your shoulder becomes weak and […]
Biceps Tendinitis
Upper biceps tendon, also known as the long head of the biceps tendon, connects your biceps muscle to your shoulder bone. When the swelling, soreness, and irritation in it, causes pain and weakness in the front part of your shoulder, you are said to have biceps tendinitis. Anatomy Three major bones i.e. the upper arm […]
Shoulder Arthritis
The shoulder joint is the most movable joint of the body and therefore easily unstable. One condition that causes pain in your shoulder joint and limits your range of motion is the shoulder arthritis. Though arthritis of the shoulder has no cure, yet it can be treated effectively, and you can stay active and cope […]