Subacromial Shoulder Pain
Information, Exercises and Advice on How to Help Your Pain Information Subacromial Shoulder Pain is the most common form of shoulder pain experienced by adults. Pain is often experienced when lifting your arm away from your body, or by lying on your side in bed. The term Subacromial Shoulder Pain is an umbrella term that can include the tendons and bursa (a small fluid sac). You may be familiar with terms such as ‘bursitis’, ‘tendinitis’ and ‘impingement’, however your shoulder pain is often due to a combination of factors. Therefore, the term “Subacromial Shoulder Pain” is a more accurate way to describe several different issues that can contribute to your current shoulder pain. Men and women are equally affected and approximately one in five adults will experience an element of shoulder pain at some point in their lives. Diagnosis of your pain is often made by a thorough history and examination and can be done in person or online just as efficiently. The mainstay of treatment is advice, activity modification and progressive exercises. However, it may take between 6-12 weeks after starting an exercise programme before to you see a noticeable difference in your shoulder pain. Rarely injections and surgery are needed.
What can cause subacromial shoulder pain? There are many causes for rotator cuff related shoulder pain. Pain can often come on gradually with no clear injury. Other times pain can come on quickly especially if using your shoulder in a way it is not used to. Common causes can include doing more than normal (moving house, housework, cleaning windows or gardening), to even more simple normal age-related changes or simply your genetic makeup.
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