Causes

Shoulder pain causes include:

• Avascular necrosis (death of bone tissue due to limited blood flow)
• Brachial plexus injury
• Broken arm
• Broken collarbone
• Bursitis (joint inflammation)
• Cervical radiculopathy
• Dislocated shoulder
• Frozen shoulder
• Heart attack
• Impingement
• Osteoarthritis (disease causing the breakdown of joints)
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory joint disease)
• Rotator cuff injury
• Separated shoulder
• Septic arthritis
• Sprains
• Tendinitis
• Tendon rupture
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Torn cartilage