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5: Shoulder Pain

Summary: What is the most common cause of shoulder pain? Is it rotator cuff tendinitis? Bursitis? Arthritis? This question is asked of me quite often by patients, doctors, and students. The answer is none of the above, although if you ask most people who have gone to various doctors in search of relief of their shoulder pain (especially those who have not found relief), chances are they have been given one or more of these "itis" diagnoses. But in my experience and in the experience of many doctors with whom I speak, (those aware of myofascial pain syndromes) by far the most common cause of shoulder pain is the infraspinatus trigger point (TP). So common is this disorder as a cause for shoulder pain that it is usually the first thing I look at when I am examining a patient with a shoulder complaint. Full Article: Chiroweb