Pain in the shoulder joint and its treatment

The appearance of pain in the shoulder joint is a manifestation of many diseases, especially the presence of pain in the right shoulder is especially bad, since for many it is a working arm. Because of the limitation of its functionality, people experience a lot of domestic problems. Almost always the appearance of pain in the shoulder testifies to the development of a serious illness and requires an immediate call to the doctor.

Causes of pain development

The main causative factors provoking the appearance of such a symptom as carvings in the shoulder are a passive lifestyle, a violation of posture, persistent overly intense physical exertion on the shoulder (exercise, occupation associated with stress), inadequate or untimely trauma therapy.

All of the above factors can be the cause of the development of diseases, the main manifestation of which is pain:

• traumatic injuries;
• chronic cervical osteochondrosis;
• diseases of the shoulder of inflammatory nature (arthritis, capsulitis, tendonitis, bursitis, neuritis);
• arthrosis;
• calcification of the ligament apparatus;
• presence of benign or malignant neoplasms;
• genetically determined pathologies of development (such as hypermobility of joints or myasthenia gravis);
• developing against the background of infectious diseases (streptococcal infection, tuberculosis, chlamydia).

Characteristics of pain syndrome

Traumatic injury

Injuries to the shoulder are the most common cause of the appearance of aches in this area.

Traumatic injuries include:

• injury- occurs when you hit the shoulder or fall;
• rupture of tendons or muscles- the cause of such an injury is excessive load or abruptly perfect movement;
• dislocation- trauma, which is more common for athletes, arises primarily in the performance of sudden movements;
• fracture of humerus inside- most often occurs in older people with developed osteoporosis.

Cervical osteochondrosis and arthrosis

The pain sensations caused by the osteochondrosis of the neck become worse with the movements of the head, can irradiate throughout the arm and accompanied by the presence of paresthesia (numbness or tingling in the skin extremities).

One of the complications of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine is a humeropathy periarthrosis - disease, in the initial stage, accompanied by a mild aches that arise mainly in the night time. As it develops, the pain constantly increases and, in the absence of treatment, joint stiffness develops.

Arthrosis is characterized by the development of dystrophic changes in cartilaginous tissue, which lead to the appearance of acute pain during movement, as well as the limitation of motor activity.

Inflammatory diseases

To such diseases it is possible to carry:

• arthritis- can have a different origin (infectious, allergic, traumatic), affects one or both of the joints simultaneously and manifests a sharp, almost intolerable pain in them;
• tendonitis- the inflammatory process is localized in the tendon and is characterized by aching blunt or sharply occurring acute pain;
• capsulitis- inflammatory disease of the joint capsule, manifested by a constant aching pain in the shoulder and neck region;
• bursitis- inflammation of the joint bag, in which the intensity of pain depends on the stage of development of the process;
• neuritis- the defeat or infringement of nerve endings causes sudden sharp pain in the shoulder area, which is not damaged in this disease.

Calcification of ligamentous apparatus

Pathology develops due to a violation of calcium metabolism, which causes deposition in the tissues of calcifications. The disease is characterized by the presence of persistent aching pain, intensifying when trying to raise your arm.

If the pain appears in the rest period, this may indicate a number of pathologies in the late stage of development. First of all, one can think of a humeropathy periarthritis, neglected inflammatory diseases or degenerative diseases of a degenerative nature.

In the case of pain after active training, one can think of joint trauma, bursitis or tendinitis. Strong painful sensations after removal of the plaster bandage may indicate contracture, lymphatic edema, incomplete fusion or development of vascular pathology.

Basic methods of pain relief

Traditional medicine

As a first aid in the development of shoulder pain, traditional medicine recommends the use of compresses with ice or cold water.

From medicinal preparations for pain relief can be assigned:

1. Anti-inflammatory non-steroid drugs-diclofenac, nise, tilfen, movalis, ibuprofen, ketalong, indomethacin.
2. Preparations based on hormones for intraarticular injections- prednisolone, hydrocortisone, dexamethasone.
3. Narcotic drugs- promedol, fentanyl, omnopon.

Traditional medicine

To eliminate pain, you can also use traditional medicine recipes, apply them better after consulting a doctor as a concomitant therapy:

1. You can apply compresses of cold water in half with 9% vinegar.
2. Apply a canvas impregnated with propolis to the diseased joint.
3. Rinse with alcohol tincture from the flowers of lilac, burdock root and red hot pepper taken in the proportions of 3: 1: 3.
4. Use for grinding ointment from pork fat (100 gr.), Hot pepper (3 tbsp. spoons) and St. John's wort (3 tbsp. spoons).

Complex treatment, including medications and recipes of folk medicine will help faster To eliminate pain in the shoulder, but before starting therapy, it is necessary to consult with doctor.