The shoulder is a complex joint that allows the different types of movements, for example, pulling, lifting throwing and pushing. But the shoulder is also one of the most flexible joints and this makes it quite vulnerable to injuries. Shoulder pain can affect your daily routine adversely and make you inactive.  Shoulder pain whether low, acute, or chronic, can be very debilitating but if paid attention at the early stage many pain conditions can be treated non-surgically.

Causes of shoulder pain:

Some of the common reasons for shoulder pain are:

1. Arthritis
2. Osteoarthritis
3. Rheumatoid arthritis
4. Post-traumatic arthritis 
5. Frozen shoulder
6. Tendonitis and bursitis
7. Rotator cuff tear
8. Dislocation and fractures

Shoulder pain treatment

1. Physical Therapy- it is the most preferred shoulder pain treatment. It is the best choice to get relief from a chronic injury or a long term pain.  It is a series of exercises and training given to the patient for the relief of the pain. It has many sessions but with proper health guider and physiotherapist, the patient may recover fast. Thus, it improves the strength of the rotator muscles around the shoulder joints and also reduces the joint pain.
2. Cold Compression Theory (also known as Hilotherapy)-  this therapy consists of two principles that are rest and ice compression. Ice is used in acute injuries which lower the flow of blood in blood vessels. This consists of ice packs which are used by hands and are kept over the shoulder joints for compression. This is the hand allowing method.
3. Joint Mobilization- it is an intervention therapy, typically movement of the joints. Shoulders are made to remove in a 90-degree angle which thus opens the jammed joints. Thus, it increases the shoulders external movement and also its extension.
4. Stretching- It is a kind of physical exercise where the muscles and joints are stretched which deliberately improve the muscles elasticity and also its flexibility. It does make the tendons in the gap between the shoulder joints lose leading to more flexibility in movement of it.
5. Cortisone treatment- this is the important shoulder pain treatment. It is an anti-inflammatory treatment. Cortisone injections are injected in the shoulder area which gives a relief to the joint pain mostly in the shoulders.
6. Arthroplasty- it is a surgical way for shoulder pain treatment. It is an operation where joints are replaced or realigned or remodelled. This is the last

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   after trying the other methods. Here the affected shoulder is being replaced by a new shoulder with the artificial attachment of the shoulder to the main body.
7. Activity changes- it involves a change in the daily exercise and routine. Overexertion or overdosing with work might be one of the causes for the pain and altering the exercises along with some rest is one of the remedies.
8. Yoga- nowadays yoga is one of the remedies for everybody pain. Although it takes time to recover the pain through yoga it is the complete cure to every shoulder pain. Along with yoga, daily medications also help in the treatment.
9. Medication- some individuals prefer medication over meditation. Medication involves medicines and pigments to be applied for the treatment of shoulder pain.
10. Orthopaedic surgery- this is mainly surgical treatment, an orthopedically surgical treatment for surgery to be done in case of musculoskeletal conditions. It is basically done in severe shoulder joint pain where the pain cannot be removed with any of the medication and other treatment methods.