| Shoulder Tendonitis is one of the most common | | | | with impingement syndrome. Once the tendons and |
| conditions of the rotator cuff, the shoulder joint. It is | | | | the bursa are inflamed, the space between the |
| important to know that shoulder tendonitis is only part | | | | humerus and the acromion becomes even more |
| of a single problem and goes hand in hand with | | | | restricted than it was at the start, causing a self fueling |
| shoulder bursitis and impingement syndrome. The bursa | | | | condition of ever increasing inflammation and pain that |
| is a slippery sack placed in strategic position over a | | | | typically shows itself with a "pinching" sensation in the |
| bone where there are tendons sliding on it. This is what | | | | shoulder joint, whenever a movement is done. Hence |
| nature designed to prevent inflammation. | | | | the impingement syndrome. |
| In the case of the rotator cuff, the tendons normally | | | | Shoulder tendonitis is therefore treated the same way |
| slide over the bursa with ease, but sometimes the | | | | as shoulder bursitis, which is with non steroidal anti |
| space between the humerus (arm bone) and the | | | | inflammatory drugs, or cortisone injections to be used |
| acromion (shoulder bone) is somewhat restricted and | | | | as a last resort due to negative side effects for the |
| both the tendons and the bursa become inflamed. In | | | | rotator cuff tendons. Natural remedies like ice packs |
| the case of tendons it is called tendonitis, while in the | | | | can also be beneficial, but most importantly a |
| case of bursa it is called bursitis. It is the same | | | | professionally designed exercise program for rotator |
| inflammation of two different adjacent areas, since | | | | cuff injuries and conditions. |
| inflammation does not have boundaries. | | | | A proper set of exercises can cut down on recovery |
| When shoulder tendonitis occurs, it is mostly together | | | | times an save unnecessary pain and misery. This is all |
| with bursitis, and the two terms can be used | | | | the more true, since the rotator cuff is by far the most |
| interchangeably, since the treatment is the same as | | | | complex of all the human body joints and it is normal to |
| well. Both tendonitis and bursitis in turn go hand in hand | | | | take several months or even 2/3 years to recover. |