Arthritis
September 8th, 2009 by Xavier MediaDo you experience increasing shoulder pains while you do your activities? Have difficulty moving your shoulder fully? Do you hear clicking or snapping sounds whenever you move your shoulders? Or does pain strikes whenever the weather changes? If you have answered yes to either one of these symptoms, then you are at a high risk of having shoulder arthritis.
There are three types of shoulder arthritis: -
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a less common shoulder arthritis. However, it is a chronic, systematic inflammatory disorder that attacks the shoulder joints. Such attacks produce inflammatory synovitis that will affect the articular cartilage and ankylosis of the joints. Simply said, the shoulder joints are affected by the arthritis thus causes the shoulder to ache. Though it may be less common but this could happen to people of any age.
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis, also known as the "wear-and-tear" shoulder arthritis, is a group of diseases and mechanical abnormalities that causes a type of degenerative condition that destroys the articular cartilage. Once the disease attacks, the shoulders will begin to experience, stiffness, joint pains and locking of joints. When the disease advances, a slight movement of the shoulder could cause immense pain. This type of shoulder arthritis may be the most common of all but it usually affects people over 50 years of age.
Post-Traumatic Arthritis
Post-traumatic arthritis develops from an injury such as suffering a fracture or dislocation of the shoulder. Bone and soft tissue abnormalities may develop from the original injury and could affect the AC and glenohumeral joints of the shoulder. With this, all shoulder movements could cause shoulder pains. Post-traumatic arthritis is often a form of osteoarthritis and may occur relatively soon after the initial injury or it may even develop years after the injury.
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