What can cause long term shoulder pain?
I’m a 22 year old female and have had severe shoulder pain for 4 years.
Before anyone tells me, I have been to the doctors and have an ultrasound scan at the hospital tomorrow. Thats why I’m asking 
What sort of thing can cause this long term pain? I want to read about possible causes so if they mention something I will know what they are talking about!
There was no impact and I don’t play any sports/do litte physical activity on doctors advice (another unrelated condition). Its mainly my left shoulder but for the past year its been creeping across to my right shoulder too. The most painful movement is lifting upwards.
I can’t wait to get to the bottom of this, it will be so great to know whats wrong with it so hopefully there will be a treatment!
Thanks
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i too had long term shoulder pain ,i had physio ,didn’t work
i had an MRI ,didn’t show anything
ultrasound showed a small tear on the bicep muscle which goes right over the top of your shoulder and attaches at the back
so i pushed for an arthroscopy
i had the operation on th 3rd and they found that bicep attachment point mashed up
althought it only caused me pain when i did certain things like throwing ,driving or pulling myself up,or prolonged use with my arm in the air so they removed that attachment point from round the back to round the side
i am so glad it could be fixed and apart from not being able to use my bicep for 6 weeks and massive pain it should be ok in the future
get all the tests you can and if they still don’t find anything go for exploratory surgery
GOOD LUCK
A lot of, high intensity, short term shoulder pain can cause long term shoulder pain.
its good u are taking doctors advice, but if u were in some sport activities and some yoga, exercise it would havereally very helpful.but the good thing is u can start all this thing even now to avoid all future problems.take care
Ive had mine now some 6 months??? It’s really painful in bed and i cant sleep the way i used too!!!
Have not been to the Doc’s about it yet (i know i should) this morning it was painful in a different area!!!
I’ll watch your feedback here…
Your shoulder pain may have developed from a bad postural habit. Say for example, for the past few years, you almost always have your shoulder "elevated". An instance is when you use a table as high as your chest which in turn makes you "elevate" your shoulder to an uncomfortable level (if you use the table for a long time). Another common cause of shoulder pain (in women) is carrying heavy shoulder bags. It can greatly affect your shoulder as well. First, pain will be on the affected side then due to continued practice the other shoulder may "compensate" thus explains the "creeping" part you were talking about. These kind of habits affect your "TRAPEZIUS" muscle. This muscle is the one covering your shoulders. It assists your shoulder in lifting objects above shoulder level.
I’m not a professional but I hope it helps~