Anatomy of shoulder-Best Shoulder Pain Treatment in Bangalore

 

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Shoulder pain has become the most common concern nowadays. What is most concerning, apart from the middle-aged and old aged people, youth working professionals are getting largely affected by it. The reason is stressful long office hours during which we have to sit and work on computers for long, in the same position. 

In this article, Dr. Sushal Shanthakumar will discuss ‘Anatomy of Shoulder’ structure and the most common conditions of shoulders. 

Among all our body joints, the shoulder is one of the largest and complex ones. Shoulder is made of two joints:

• The acromioclavicular joint
• The glenohumeral joint.

 Acromioclavicular joint. This joint connects acromion, a part of the shoulder blade and collarbone. Acromion is a part of the bones that projects scapula.

Glenohumeral joint. This connects the ball that is the humeral head and the socket that is the glenoid. You might be confused about the humeral head and glenoid. Humeral head nothing but the upper arm area from where your arm starts. The humeral head is comparatively loosely fitted to the joint making it more porn to injury. Glenoid is the end part of the scapula, from where the humeral head starts. 

Other significant bones and strictures of the shoulder include,

Coracoid process. A small hook-like bony projection from the scapula.

Rotator Cuff. It surrounds the shoulder giving it support and allowing for a wide range of motion. It’s made up of the combination of several muscles and tendons.

Brusa. Your shoulder contains a small sac of fluid protecting the tendons of the rotator cuff. This is called, Brusa.

Labrum. This is the cuff of tough but flexible tissue, called cartilage. Labrum creates a cup-like structure, into which the ball of the humeral head gets fitted. 

 Due to various structural condition of these parts and sub-parts of the shoulder might not work properly. At this point, you feel inflammation, pain, or stiffness in the shoulder.

Frozen Shoulder. Due to inflammation, the joints become stiff limiting your shoulder movement with ongoing time. At the initial stage, you face joint pains. 

Gout. Shoulder in the most uncommon part of the body where got can take place. However, this is not impossible yet. Gout is a sub-type of arthritis that leads to crystal formation within the joint. As a result, you experience inflammation and joint pain.

Rotator cuff tear. Any kind of sudden injury or excessive activity of your shoulder joint might tear any of your muscles or tendons covering the humeral head. This causes pain.

Rheumatoid arthritis.  This is another sub-type of arthritis, attacked by the immune system. You can experience occasional and sudden pain at the initial stage. The severity and frequency of pain increase over time. It also limits the immovability of your shoulder.

Osteoarthritis. This is the most common type of arthritis affected by aging. Lack of calcium deficiently might speed up the onset of this ortho problem and you get affected at an early age. Osteoarthritisattacked the knee mostly but the cases of shoulder osteoarthritis are in rapid growth.

Shoulder dislocation. If you feel pain or any kind of ‘popping’ sensation while raising your arms, it might be possible that either the humeral head or any other bond has slipped out from its position.

Shoulder tendonitis. This is the inflammation of tendons in the rotator cuff.

Shoulder bursitis. Sometimes you might feel pain while performing any overhead activities or experience pressure on the upper outer arm. The cause is the inflammation of the bursa.

Labral tear. Tears of labrum the cuff of cartilage, are the very common structural condition that occurs due to accidents or overuse of arms. But the good news is most of such tears heals without any surgeries.

So, apart from the aging issues and accidents, the rest of the structural condition, we can take care of by changing our lifestyle like a healthy and balanced diet, walking. Regular physical activities can even slow the onset of osteoarthritis. 

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