Pain in the left shoulder
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The joint of any human arm is the most exclusive joint of all that exists in the body, which is so because of its structure and functional activity. Pain in the left shoulder is often caused by excessive physical exertion, fraught with inflammatory processes. Inflammatory currents, in turn, provoke articular effusion, local edema and even to minor ruptures of muscles and tendons that span the shoulder joint.
The working activity of the shoulder joint, which emerges from the "balance", ceases to exist after a certain time from the onset of the disease, which was not paid due attention in due time and no qualitative treatment was applied. A failure in the work turns into a pain for the person in the left shoulder.
What causes pain in the left shoulder?
Pain sensations that have arisen in the upper left side of the shoulder can radiate from the neck. Check the thoracic and cervical vertebral parts.
Capsule is one of the causes of shoulder pain. The disease is the stiffness of the muscles of the shoulder girdle, accompanied by a pain syndrome. Movement with the left hand in different directions causes new attacks of pain.
The destruction of the rotating shoulder cuff, which appears due to unusual movements of the hand (for example, with prolonged painting of the walls), can also be reflected by pain in the left shoulder.
Calcifications of muscle tendons have the ability to cause inflammation in the bags of the shoulder joint, and inflammation, as a consequence, leads to tendo bursitis. There is a "cutting" pain in the shoulder, shoulder movements are very limited.
If a painful sensation appears in the shoulder when raising the left hand, then we can talk about the deposits of calcium salts in the joints of the joint. The most common ailment occurs in people aged 30-40-50 liters.
Pain in the left shoulder is caused by various injuries, due to genetic anatomical abnormalities, tumors. A strong fall on the hand literally "knocks" it out of the articulation. Of course, such a trauma can not but respond with pain in the shoulder.
Often among young people there is a dislocation of the shoulder joint, acquired during a fight or playing sports. In older people, the pain appears due to the collapse of the shoulder joint caused by tissue deterioration, old age or progressive osteoporosis.
Overstraining of the shoulder ligament is often a problem among bodybuilders. Pressing the barbell from behind the head or in the reclining position, raising the arms with dumbbells (in the reclining position), keeping the hands on the simulator with force - all these and similar exercises entail an impressive load on the joint and, as a rule, the appearance of pain in the left shoulder.
Not only physical exertion or salt deposits can trigger the appearance of pain in the shoulder joint. Liver diseases, chest tumors, myocardial infarction, pneumonia, angina pectoris, cervical radiculitis are accompanied by pains capable of radiating to the left shoulder.
Shoulder bladder periarthrosis is also fraught with the appearance of painful sensations in the shoulder. The pain grows gradually, especially when it is felt at night, causing a person to wake up from the torment by it.
Among other things, pain in the left shoulder can appear when:
- calcification of the forearm;
- impregnate syndrome;
- neurogenic pathology;
- rupture of the tendon;
- inflammatory processes in the shoulder region;
- hernia or protrusion of the intervertebral disc of the thoracic or cervical spine;
- arthritis and arthrosis of the shoulder, etc.
Who should I contact if you have pain in my left shoulder?
With any occurrence of pain in the left shoulder, you should immediately seek help from a trauma doctor.