Introduction
Rear shoulder pain is pain that is mainly (but not always exclusively) concentrated in the rear shoulder joint. This includes pain in the area of the posterior rotator cuff, cervical vertebra blockage, thoracic vertebra blockage, herniated disc of the cervical spine, movement disorder of the shoulder blade (scapula) or torn muscle fibers of the shoulder. Posterior shoulder joint pain may be caused by direct damage to the anatomical structures involved or may be a progressive pain in the form of damage at an anatomically distant location that is not a disease of the shoulder joint.
- Humeral head (humerus)
- Shoulder height (Acromion)
- Shoulder corner joint
- Collarbone (Clavicle)
- Coracoid
- Shoulder joint (glenohumeral joint)
About the diagnostic agent
The use of our “self” diagnostic tool is simple. Just follow the link offered for the location and description of the symptoms that best fits your symptoms. Pay attention to where the pain is greatest in the shoulder joint.
Vertebral Blocking
- Synonyms:Cervical spine blockage, thoracic spine blockage, segmental dysfunction
- Location of the greatest pain: The pain typically radiates from the cervical spine, more rarely also from the thoracic spine to the rear shoulder. In a few cases, only the back shoulder can hurt without the blockage being noticed.
- PathologyCause:In a vertebral blockage, there is a disturbance of mobility between 2 vertebral bodies. Vertebral bodies are connected to each other by small vertebral joints.
These vertebral joints can “get caught” and thus restrict mobility in this part of the spine. This entanglement can occur in the flexed position (flexion blocking) as well as in the extended position (extension blocking) and at both the right and left vertebral joints. This results in the typical pain with movement restriction to the right or left in rotation (rotation) and pain when bending or stretching. With very pronounced blockages, all directions of movement may also be restricted.
- Age:Mostly younger hypermobile patients are affected, some of them recurrent (relapsing).
- Gender:Women > Men
- Accident: An accident can also cause a spinal blockage, but most of the time the blockage is caused by backward movement or sleep.
- Type of pain: sharp, bright
- Origin of pain: The pain felt is not caused by the jammed vertebral joint itself, but by the tension of the adjacent musculature that occurs as a reaction.
- Pain occurrence:Mostly sudden onset!
- External aspects:Often the tense musculature next to the spine is visible as a bulge. Furthermore, the connective tissue (swelling) above the affected muscles hardens.
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