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Most problems in the shoulder involve muscles, ligaments, and tendons, rather than the bones and are frequently caused by activities that involve excessive, repetitive, overhead motion, such as swimming, tennis, pitching, and weightlifting. Trauma from accidents may also cause shoulder injuries.
How do members experience shoulder injury?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with shoulder injury*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for shoulder injury*
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Most problems in the shoulder involve muscles, ligaments, and tendons, rather than the bones and are frequently caused by activities that involve excessive, repetitive, overhead motion, such as swimming, tennis, pitching, and weightlifting. Trauma from accidents may also cause shoulder injuries.
Common symptoms reported by people with shoulder injury
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for shoulder injury
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Compare treatments taken by people with shoulder injury
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have shoulder injury through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with shoulder injury? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has shoulder injury on PatientsLikeMe?
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