How to find the reason for shoulder and arm pain?

Question

Hi doctor,

I am a 53-year-old female. My weight is 119 pounds and my height is 4 feet 10 inches. I have been suffering from the upper arm and shoulder pain for the past year, and it increased in the last three months. I cannot lift any weight. I feel pain with movement (forward and backward) of the arm. The arm is stiff while sleeping and the pain increases during sleep.

Answer 1

Hello,

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Non-traumatic pain in shoulder in a female of your age group is either because of periarthritis shoulder or frozen shoulder or early osteoarthritic changes in the shoulder joint. Both clinical examination and radiological investigation such as X-ray and MRI scan are required to differentiate these conditions.