Abnormal motion of the scapula is called scapular dyskinesia. You have a good start in your knowledge because the anatomy and relationship of bones and muscles in the shoulder complex is the key to understanding scapular dyskinesia.

There are many possible causes of shoulder pain in the overhead-throwing athlete. With six phases of the baseball pitch (wind up, early cocking, late cocking, acceleration, deceleration, and follow-through), there are many places where the neurovascular structures (nerves and blood vessels) can get pinched or compressed.

If you went from surgeon-to-surgeon, state-to-state, and region-to-region in the United States you would not find one single rehab program used by all for patients who have had surgery for a rotator cuff tear. And that's true even though everyone agrees that patients must closely follow the postoperative Dos and Don'ts they are given. One of those Dos is to complete their rehab program from start to finish.

The authors of this study report a definite benefit to shock wave therapy in the conservative (nonoperative) treatment of calcific (calcifying) tendinitis of the shoulder. That's good news because this condition can affect up to 20 per cent of the adult population. And calcific tendinitis can cause debilitating shoulder pain -- even leading to a frozen shoulder.

Some shoulder problems are so complex and so difficult, it's not always clear what treatment approach to take or if surgery can even help. This may be the case with massive rotator cuff tears, shoulder instability, or adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder).

Most experts agree that a good, solid effort at rehab should be attempted before considering surgery. As much as six months should be dedicated to this task. A physical therapist provides a supervised program with strengthening exercises, scapular retraining, and proprioceptive activities. Proprioception refers to the joint having a sense of its own position and being able to recognize where it is and respond to any slight changes in movement.

Currently I have shoulder pain whenever I raise my right arm, arms bent, above shoulder height. It feels sore, however it is not unbearable by any means. Sometimes I can raise my shoulder above shoulder height without any problems at all. The pain is also there when I put my arms bent out at 90 degrees at shoulder height and rotate my forearm forward and backwards. Occasionally there will be crackling sounds. I have asked my physiotherapist and he thinks it is shoulder impingement and indicated that I should be doing rotator cuff exercises.

during the summer i injured my shoulder doing a bench press. i have had physical therapy and cortisone injection. i would appreciate any help in explaining my mri results in a way i could understand. i was also wondering how reliable the mri actually is.
the ac joint demonstrates mild degenertive bony hypertrophy. there is mild bone marrow edema of the distal clavicle.
the supraspinatus tendon demonstrates moderate tendinosis and mild fraying. the infraspinatus and subscapularis tendons demonstrate mild tendinosis.

Some shoulder problems are so complex and so difficult, it's not even clear that surgery can help them. This may be the case with massive rotator cuff tears, shoulder instability, adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder), revision arthroscopic stabilization surgery, and other tendon injuries.

I had a Bankart repair when I was 15 after dislocations playing softball and then basketball. I had a Hilsachs lesion and a torn labrum.The surgeon actually performed the surgery twice in one day. I was in the hospital for two days. My surgeon assured me that it would never come out again. I could feel it slip 2 years after surgery and even passed up a college scholarship to play basketball because of instability.

I am now 28 and I completely dislocated it by sneezing!! I will be seeing a surgeon for the Dallas Stars next week. Is it common to have a dislocation after a Bankart repair?