GLENOHUMERAL JOINT

– FRONTAL SECTION
TABLE F:
Michael Swabash & Drew Bechtel
Subacromial/
Subdeltoid
Bursa
 Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder)
■ Shoulder capsule thickens and tightens causing shoulder pain
■ Treatment includes range of motion exersizes, steroid injections, or numbing
medication. Arthroscopic surgery to loosen the joint capsule
■ More likely to occur in people who have diabetes or those who recently had to
immobilize their shoulder due to injury.
■ Frozen shoulder typically develops in three stages. Each stage can last months.
■ Freezing stage. Any movement of your shoulder causes pain, and your shoulder's
range of motion starts to become limited.
■ Frozen stage. Diminishing pain during this stage. However, your shoulder
becomes stiffer, and using it becomes more difficult.
■ Thawing stage. The range of motion in your shoulder begins to improve.
 Rotator Cuff Tendonitis
■Inflammation of the (tendons) connecting the muscles and
bones in the shoulder.

■Symptoms: Lateral upper arm and shoulder pain. “Clicking”

shoulder when you abduct the arm and loss of strength.

■Treatment: OTC Anti Inflammatory Drugs (asprin,

ibuprophen). Reduced physical activity, ice, stretching,
steroids, PT.
 Subacromial Bursitis
■ Inflammation of the bursa that separates the superior surface of the
supraspinatus tendon (one of the four tendons of the rotator cuff) from
the overlying coraco-acromial ligament, acromion, coracoid (the
acromial arch) and from the deep surface of the deltoid muscle.

■ Casuses: Injury to the bursa in your shoulder. Overuse of your shoulder

muscle can also cause damage. People who do a lot of overhead lifting
and forceful pulling on the job are at risk.

■ Treatment: Rest, OTC anti-inflammatory drugs, ice, steroid injection

Surgery is uncommon for treatment