J Korean Pain Soc.  1991 Nov;4(2):168-178.

A Novel Approach to the Treatment of Shoulder Pain

• Choi JR

Abstract

It has been generally known that shoulder pains are attributed to the degenerative changes around the shoulder joint. However, many patients who complain of pain or limited range of motion of the shoulder have no definite pathology on X-ray or laboratory examinations. I examined 134 patients with shoulder pain and found the fact that compression of the axillary nerve, which leads to contraction of the deltold muscle or teres minor muscle, resulted in pain and limited range of motion in many cases. Accordingly, relieving the compression of the axillary nerve by laser stimulation or local anesthetic infiltration on the identified trigger point, antiinflammatory medlcation, muscle relaxant together with ordinary physical therapy was found to be very effective in the treatment of shoulder pain.

MeSH Terms

Humans
Pathology
Range of Motion, Articular
Shoulder Joint
Shoulder Pain*
Shoulder*
Trigger Points