Shoulder Joints & Arthroscopy

Shoulder pain is most commonly seen in advanced age people above the 50, but in younger age it may indicate some serious underlying conditions. Although with changing times and lifestyle shoulder joints problems are very common in younger ones.

Individuals who are suffering from chronic shoulder pain should seek the expert advice, shoulder pain for shorter period of time may not require the expert advice, and it can be managed by the non-invasive methods. Medications, rest, or ice-pack are some non-invasive effective methods. In cases where surgical methods are suggested shoulder arthroscopy works wonder.

Shoulder Joint Pain

Our shoulder joints are combination of tendons and muscle which allow them to wide range of motion; there is some common shoulder disorder like impingement or frozen shoulders which usually results in severe joint pain. Only a specialist can diagnose the exact condition causing pain.

Some common conditions of our shoulder joints are followed:

•             Swelling or inflammation

•             Joint instability

•             Arthritis

•             Broken bone

Tumours and infection comes under less common causes of shoulder pain.

Shoulder Pain Due to Rotator Cuff Tears

Rotator cuff helps in stabilizing our shoulder joints for movement, it can be complete or partial tears in rotator cuff which is most commonly seen during the sports & related activity, certain jobs which include overhead movements it can also result in shoulder injury.

A Rotator cuff tears occur when tendons pull away from the bones. There are two types of rotator cuff tears known as:

Partial Tear: In case of incomplete and partial tear some part of tendon stay attached to the bones.

Complete Tear: When full thickness of tendon or complete tendon get removed from the bones.

Common Symptoms of Rotator Cuff Tears:

•             Difficulty in raising the arm

•             Pain in shoulder joints even while resting

•             Weakness or swelling in shoulder joints

•             Clicking or popping sound during the injury

•             Redness or inflammation around shoulder joints.

See the shoulder arthroscopy surgeon in Delhi right away in case of the occurrence of above mentioned symptoms.

Rotator Cuff Treat Treatment Surgical & Non-Surgical

Non-invasive methods include physiotherapy, resting, and medication. In case of surgical methods arthroscopy serves as one of the best treatment method. It’s one of the latest advancement in orthopedic surgical method.

During the arthroscopy orthopaedic surgeon insert small camera called as arthroscope with the help of smaller incisions. This image guided method is also helpful in diagnosing the complex shoulder joint issues. Only suitable candidates are suggested for this surgical method.

Some Other Common Causes of Shoulder Pain

Arthritis: Joint inflammation is commonly caused by arthritis of shoulder joints, the two most common kind of arthritis are osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. This condition results in wear down of cartilage over the time, while osteoarthritis can be result of aging process, RA on the other hand is autoimmune diseases where our immune system attacks the healthy joints.

Frozen Shoulder: This condition of our shoulder joint is also called as Adhesive Capsulitis, causes stiffness, pain, and inflammation around the joint. Signs & symptoms usually grow with time and worsen in cases of undiagnosed situation.

For shoulder pain treatment, or shoulder arthroscopy in Delhi now you can consult with one of the top-notch orthopaedics Dr. Lalit Bafna.