Shoulder Pain
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Shoulder Pain Underlying Cause
Common causes
for shoulder pain include:
Adhesive capsulitis
Gout
Osteoarthritis
Rotator cuff tear
Rotator cuff tear
Rotator cuff tendinitis
Septic arthritis
Shoulder A-C separation
Shoulder bursitis
Shoulder contusion
Shoulder dislocation
Shoulder fracture
Shoulder impingement syndrome
Shoulder sprain
Shoulder tendinitis
Less common causes
for shoulder pain include:
Angina
Ankylosing spondylitis
Cholangitis
Dissecting thoracic aneurysm
Ectopic pregnancy
Fitz-Hugh syndrome:
A complication of
pelvic inflammatory disease
Gallbladder disease
Gallstones
Heart attack
Herniated disk
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Liver
abscess
Liver cancer
Lupus
Lyme disease
Pancreatitis
Perforated ulcer
Pneumothorax
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Pseudogout
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rickets
Ruptured spleen
Subphrenic
abscess
Syringomyelia
Thoracic outlet syndrome
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Shoulder Pain Anatomy
Related Conditions
AC separation
Adhesive capsulitis
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rotator cuff tear
Rotator cuff tendinitis
Shoulder bursitis
Shoulder dislocation
Shoulder fracture
Shoulder sprain
Shoulder tendinitis
Biceps
tendinitis
Shoulder Injury Checkup
Shoulder injury
Shoulder pain
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Last Updated: Nov 11, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Shoulder Pain References:
Cobiella CE. Shoulder pain in sports. Hosp Med. 2004 Nov;65(11):652-6.
Ginn KA, Cohen ML. Conservative treatment for shoulder pain: prognostic indicators of outcome. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2004 Aug;85(8):1231-5.
Green S, Buchbinder R, Hetrick S. Acupuncture for shoulder pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Apr 18;(2):CD005319.
Hanchard NC, Howe TE, Gilbert MM. Diagnosis of shoulder pain by history and selective tissue tension: agreement between assessors. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2005 Mar;35(3):147-53.
