Shoulder Rotator Cuff Injury & Shoulder Pain
Shoulder Muscle Pain
Everyone has overdone it and hurt their shoulder at some point or another. More often than not, you’ve probably hurt the shoulder not from working out, but from doing something around the house that your body just wasn’t ready for. Maybe you decided to scrub the floors on your hands and knees or attempted to paint the ceiling by yourself – in any case, you’ve used the muscles in a way that they weren’t expected and they began to cause you pain.
The muscle pain can be caused by several things: simple muscle pain from strains, muscle tears, bruising, or a more significant injury. If you should feel any pain during an exercise or a movement, it’s best to stop the action that you are performing and have the pain checked by a physician if it does not resolve on its own.
Pulled Shoulder Muscle & Rotator Cuff Injury
Shoulder injury can develop acutely (ie. an incident) or chronically (repetitive strain). Overhead motions such as throwing, swimming, swinging a racket are repetitive strains on the shoulder which can lead to tendinitis. The tendons of the rotator cuff are susceptible to aging, and weaken with age. Rotator cuff tear can simply occur because of aging during stress and activities.
In sports, the rotator cuff can be injured through overuse (repetitive motions), or trauma (a single incident).Rotator cuff injury is common in sports such as swimming, baseball, tennis, and volleyball. You might suffer a pulled shoulder muscle from too many repetitions of a movement.
You might feel a pulled shoulder muscle pain immediately upon moving the shoulder muscle, or it can be a delayed pain that doesn’t reveal itself until two days later. It can feel like a dull ache or it can only show itself when the muscle itself is used. Sometimes that pain can be dull or it can be sharp, depending on the severity of the injury.
