The shoulder has a lot of movements when a person turns and twists his hand for doing some work like shifting a heavy load, pursuing exercise, lifting something light or heavy, and many others. Shoulder pain can occur due to injury, illness, accidents, and many other reasons. People feel pain while executing their daily activities. In such a case, they need treatment which can be administered at home with some domestic herbs having therapeutic qualities or the patient can go to a doctor as well for the same.

Shoulder Pain Treatment

What is a shoulder?

The shoulder is made up of three bones, which are joined together with the help of ball and socket joint. These bones include

 

Humerus bone or long arm bone

 

Clavicle or collarbone

 

Scapula or shoulder blade

 

A layer of cartilage cushions these bones. There are two joints in the shoulder, which is acromioclavicular joint and glenohumeral joint. The acromioclavicular joint is present at the highest part of clavicle and scapula while the glenohumeral joint is present in between the scapula and the humerus bone. Another name of this joint is shoulder joint.

 

The shoulder joint is used to move the shoulder forward and backwards. The circular motion of the arm can be easily performed with this joint. Another thing present in the shoulder is the rotator cuff, which consists of four tendons. These tendons are used to connect bones and muscles. If there is a swelling in these tendons, lifting the arms can be painful.

 

A shoulder can be injured because of continuous movement, playing sports, manual labour, etc. Along with these, many diseases can also lead to the pain. These diseases can be related to ailments in gallbladder, neck, liver, and heart. Problems of the shoulder also aggravate with age because of degeneration of soft tissues. There are many factors that lead to shoulder pain. One of the major causes is rotator cuff tendinitis. In this disease, swelling occurs in tendons. Impingement syndrome is another cause of pain where rotator cough is caught between the acromion and the head of homers bone triggered by injury in neck and biceps. Some other causes of pain are as follows. Arthritis, frozen shoulder, broken shoulder or arm bone, injury due to overuse or repetitive use, heart attack, dislocated shoulder, spinal cord injury.

Diagnosis of the pain

When a doctor’s help is needed?

Causes of shoulder pain

Shoulder Pain Treatment