It's funny, but before I got involved in
arthritis business after my own injuries, I used to think that our knees were easiest joint to injure. Of course, I now know that our knees carry about four times our body weight so certainly they are at risk. However, think about role your shoulders play in your life.
Greater Motion Capabilities Your shoulders are one joint that has more motion potential than any other. It allows us to stretch, throw, pull and swing. But problem is that shoulder's ability to allow us to do these things can be its downfall.
Rotator Cuff The shoulder has a large rotator cuff that consists of four muscles that come out of our backs. They wrap over our upper arm and this is what holds our shoulder joint which is made up of shoulder blade.
When you have pain in this area, it is going to be felt over top of your shoulder. As well, pain will sometimes be in front and it can affect outside of your arms. This is usually a form of tendonitis.
However, there are two other types of pain that we can have. The first is a result of a tear in tendon. When this happens, you will likely be able to spot it. Usually, you will feel a loss of strength and your ability to move shoulder is greatly reduced. The "noise" you hear is audible.
Bursitis can also affect shoulder. We have talked about "bursa" before. They are small discs that site between rotator cuff tendons and bone of shoulder. They are there to help with friction as tendons move across bone. This is also usually easy to spot. If you feel pain when you flex or bend your arm at elbow, moving it up and backward, you may have a bursitis problem.
