Nerve-Related Damage
Different nerve-related problems may affect these structures and give you shoulder pain. For example, suprascapular neuropathy and brachial neuritis. They are not the most common cause of shoulder pain but should be evaluated in patients with radiating pain and additional sensory alterations.
In suprascapular neuropathy, the symptoms result from injury in the suprascapular nerve. In most cases, it happens in overhead athletes, and the type of pain is described as vague and associated with muscle weakness. The pain is made worse with overhead motions, and patients also report a reduction in their athletic endurance in overhead activities. This is not the most common cause of shoulder pain, and there is a genetic predisposition.
On the other hand, we have brachial neuritis, also known as the Parsonage-Turner syndrome. It is a rare cause of shoulder pain, and instead of the dull ache in suprascapular neuropathy, patients experience a sudden onset of excruciating pain in one shoulder. The articulation suffers from flaccid paralysis several days after the pain starts. Brachial neuritis often happens right after surgery, trauma, or immunization, and the symptoms usually