| A sore shoulder is often the indicator that something | | | | against the shoulder bones. When one gets inflamed, |
| could be wrong with the shoulder joint, the rotator cuff. | | | | very often the other too follows, as inflammations |
| Typically the soreness is strongest at night, while during | | | | know no boundaries. This leads to Impingement |
| the day it eases off. It starts with a small tingling | | | | Syndrome, the pinching feeling felt when moving the |
| sensation that quickly grows worse and worse until a | | | | arm. So Bursitis, Tendonitis and Impingement are parts |
| full blown condition is diagnosed upon a visit to the | | | | of the same problem. |
| doctor. | | | | A Frozen Shoulder, or Adhesive Capsulitis, is instead |
| Don't take this article as an invitation to self diagnose, | | | | caused by a scarring and thickening of the capsule |
| though. Always consult your doctor first for | | | | membrane protecting the rotator cuff. At first, in the |
| professional advice. Generally speaking, it is a fact that | | | | freezing phase, only soreness is felt but movement is |
| a sore shoulder is a common symptom to the | | | | still possible. After, in the frozen phase, when the scars |
| following conditions: on one hand Bursitis, Tendonitis | | | | have built up, movement is restricted but pain reduced. |
| and Impingement Syndrome, on the other hand a | | | | These scars are called adhesions, thus the name |
| Frozen Shoulder, technically called Adhesive Capsulitis. | | | | Adhesive Capsulitis. The adhesions eventually break |
| All of these ailments start with a soreness that grows | | | | down in a long thawing phase that can last up to one |
| worse and eventually eases off in several months or | | | | year, returning the arm to full range of motion. |
| even few years, in the worst case scenario. | | | | Normally all these ailments are treated with anti |
| This is not meant for scare mongering, but it is a fact | | | | inflammatory drugs, or even cortisone injection, |
| that the shoulder, due to its complexity, takes longer | | | | manipulation or surgery, depending on gravity or phase. |
| than other joints to heal itself. Tendonitis and Bursitis | | | | But these solutions cure just the symptoms, not the |
| are inflammations of two adjacent areas, the tendons | | | | root cause, or involve invasive surgery. A stretching |
| of the rotator cuff and the bursa, a sack placed in | | | | exercise program by a professional therapist can |
| strategic position to prevent such tendons from rubbing | | | | greatly reduce recovery times, naturally. |