SHOULDER PAIN

Shoulder Pain

30% of Americans will have shoulder pain at some point in life. It’s one of the most common joints to suffer an injury. It’s also quite common to experience irritation of the suprascapular nerve. It’s a major nerve branching from the cervical spine through the shoulder. It’s very easy to compress the nerve, known medically as suprascapular neuropathy, because of it’s location. Sports involving overhead motion, cysts in the shoulder or a poorly-shapend shoulder blade may lead to compression.

Arthritis, bursitis or a shoulder injury can also cause shoulder pain. Injuries may include impingement syndrome, frozen shoulder, or rotator cuff and labral tears.

Symptoms
There are many different types of headaches, so pinpointing them with a headache specialist can take time. Migraine headaches are typically triggered by things like foods, smells, lights and sounds, or a sudden change in the environment. What happens next determines the type of headache, and the most effective treatment plan.

Complicated Migraine

A complicated migraine is accompanied by an aura, which signals that severe pain is coming.

Common Migraine

The common migraine does not have the warning mechanisms of prodrome and aura. It can be difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are similar to other types of migraine.

Silent Migraine

This type of migraine, also known as acephalgic migraine, includes the aura phase and other symptoms of migraine without the head pain. Sufferers are likely to have other types of migraines as well.

Hemiplegic Migraine

This migraine resembles a stroke with weakness or numbness one one side of the body. Like the silent migraine, it does not always include head pain.

Retinal Migraine

Temporary vision loss is the primary sign of this migraine, most common among younger women. Blindness is usually reversible, but can last anywhere from a minute to months. Those who experience a retinal migraine should see a specialist as soon as possible.

Chronic Migraine

If a headache occurs more than 15 days a month, it can be chronic migraine. The severity of symptoms and pain may vary from attack to attack.

Ice Pick Headache

These are sudden with intense pain that feels, as the name implies, like you are being stabbed with an ice pick. They are short, usually lasting 30 seconds or less, but extremely painful.

Cluster Headache

This is one of the most painful types of headache. Symptoms include burning pain around the eyes, temples and sometimes the back of the head. It can be accompanied by other symptoms such as red, puffy eyes or a runny nose.

Cervicogenic Headache

This headache is actually caused by pain from the neck or spine and often requires physical therapy in addition to other treatments.
How is Shoulder Pain Treated?

WHEN TO SEE A PAIN MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Our interventional pain specialists can diagnose rare headache disorders and break the cycle of long-lasting or acute migraine headaches. They also are up-to-date on the full spectrum of headache medicines and the most effective treatments, including SPG injections (sphenopalatine ganglion blocks), RFA of the occipital nerve, and spinal cord stimulator.

LEARN MORE
If you take medication for headache pain almost every day, or if the prescribed dose fails to work.

Traditional medications fail to help, or have unmanageable side effects.

Headaches persist for greater than 72 hours, or occur more than once or twice a week.

Headaches disrupt daily routine or degrade quality of life.

You develop a headache with new patterns, symptoms or qualities that differ from your normal headaches.

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