Upper arm and shoulder injuries

General Advice

Common upper arm and shoulder injuries include:

• rotator cuff tear
• shoulder impingement syndrome (where tissues get pinched or trapped)
• adhesive capsulitis (otherwise known as frozen shoulder syndrome) where the capsule around the shoulder tightens and causes stiffness in the shoulder
• shoulder instability which can occur after shoulder dislocation, or can be insidious
• shoulder fractures
• arthritis

Shoulder pain can also be referred from the neck

We've got plenty of articles worth reading. They'll go some way in helping you to self manage your injury.

If you can't fix your injury yourself, you can choose a physio, who has the specialist skills to provide you with a personalised treatment programme

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Articles

• Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS): an Effective Form of Pain Relief

  by Jane Hodgson 20 September 2009

  Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation often abbreviated to TENS or TNS is the use of a small  electric current passed through the skin to promote pain relief

• Computer work can be such a pain.

  by Jane Hodgson 2 October 2008

  Working in a poor position at the computer can cause pain in the neck, lower back, hip, upper back, wrist and arms. Our ergonomic information will help you to check how well your workstation is set up

• Rotator cuff injury: A Cause of Shoulder Pain

  by Jane Hodgson 12 September 2008

  Rotator cuff is the collective name for the four muscles that attach the scapula (shoulder blade) to the humerus (upper arm bone). As a whole the rotator cuff stabilises the shoulder joint and facilitates its movement.
  

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Useful links

Editors Choice 

• innerbody.com Simple anatomy diagrams and descriptions of the shoulder.