What are the most common causes of shoulder pain?
Shoulder pain is extremely common across all age spectrums. In each age group, different entities are more commonly the cause of the pain than in other age ranges. For example. Children tend to have labral tears (SLAP lesions) or instability (dislocations)—while most adults will have shoulder pain because of one of the many rotator cuff disorders. The most common causes of shoulder pain include overuse tendonitis, degenerative tendinosis, a strain or even a tear of the rotator cuff. Other common causes of shoulder pain include labral tears, frozen shoulder, dislocation or instability, rotator cuff tears, arthritis, calcific tendonitis and biceps tendonitis. If your pain lasts more than a few days, or if it worsens, talk to your doctor. Many shoulder pain patients have difficulty sleeping at night—and this will usually precipitate a visit to a doctor sooner rather than later. I will briefly discuss rotator cuff injuries in the next few sections. If you know you have a rotator cuff i
