Shoulder Joint Pain

admin — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:36:10 -0600

The Shoulder Joint is the area where the collar (clavicle) bone and shoulder blade (scapula) meet and where the arm attaches to the trunk of the body.

Ankylosis
Abnormal shoulder joint immobility with specific or general joint restricted movement. This is generally due to a bony fusion and cartilage destruction as found in rheumatoid arthritis.

Arthralgia - shoulder joint inflammation
Arthralgia is shoulder joint pain (or any other joint) where arthritis is inflammation within the joint. Acute inflammatory joint lesions may occur and show any characteristic of inflammation. Possible signs could be pain (may be throbbing), redness, swelling, local heat in the shoulder joint and a loss of functional movement of the shoulder.

Cartilage Disorders
Generally, cartilage problems affect the knee joint but can affect other joints. It is due to weight bearing and twisting motions which destroy the cartilage within the joint. The shoulder joint pain will be aggravated by movement and may have sudden joint lock due to flakes of cartilage within the joint.

Infection of The Shoulder Joint
Generally may cause arthritis which is unilateral with redness, swelling, heat around the joint and irritated or burning pain of the shoulder.

Restricted Movement of the Shoulder Joint
Restriction of any joint may be caused by mechanical defects, soft tissue contractures, joint effusion, muscle pain, muscle spasms or muscle paralysis.