Shoulder Impingement

Has CrossFit or weightlifting caused you to experience constant shoulder pain, stiffness, or pinching?  Here's another great link for shoulder issues:

http://www.p2sportscare.com/pain-relief-huntington-beach-ca/how-can-this-help-my-injury/impingement-syndrome-shoulder-pain/

The link above explains "shoulder impingement" or Impingement Syndrome - a pinching pain often combined with restricted range of motion.

There's a good video embedded in the link above that explains how the shoulder works and how injury may have occurred.  Check it out!

Anterior Deltoid Shoulder Pain: Infraspinatus Trigger Points

Infraspinatus (black) and Corresponding Pain (in red dots)
[Image credit: www.round-earth.com]

I've suffered from recurring pain in the anterior deltoid (front shoulder cap) region for many months now.  After icing and mobilizing were no longer enough to fight the crippling tightness and tension, I finally got an MRI on my left shoulder and discovered small, partial tears in the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and bicep tendon.  With my right shoulder flaring up soon after my left shoulder calmed down, I have a feeling these injuries are symmetrical and are the cause of both my front shoulder caps - or anterior deltoids - having consistent pain.

What the MRI revealed was of great interest to me as I had assumed the point of pain was the point of injury; that I had somehow injured my front shoulders.  Instead, the imaging reminded me how our body works as a system, and that pain 'over here' is often caused from injury 'over there'.