Causes

Possible causes of arm pain include:

• Angina (reduced blood flow to the heart)
• Brachial plexus injury
• Broken arm
• Broken wrist
• Bursitis (joint inflammation)
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cervical disk herniation
• De Quervain's tenosynovitis
• Dislocated elbow
• Fibromyalgia
• Heart attack
• Rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory joint disease)
• Rotator cuff injury
• Sprains
• Tendinitis
• Tennis elbow
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Ulnar nerve entrapment