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Your pain developed gradually It is very sore The pain is in your shoulder and down your arm There is no pain when the arm is at rest Only selected arm movements are extremely painful You have pain when you lie on that side It hurts most when you try putting your hand in your back pocket
Infraspinatus Tendinitis
Tendon attaches muscle to bone and is the focus for the pull of the muscle. hen you damage it the muscle pulls part of the tendon away from the bone and the attachment point !or focus" becomes frayed and sore. hile the tendons themselves are enormously strong !half the tensile strength of steel"# the attachment to the bone is usually weaker and first to give. Tendinitis is very common at the shoulder. Only selected arm$shoulder movements hurt# the worst being putting your hand in your back pocket.