Shoulder Blade

Browse 3 entries in the Shoulder Blade archive.

Medical note: This archive is for general education. Seek urgent care for shoulder pain with chest pressure, shortness of breath, faintness, fever, major trauma or rapidly worsening symptoms.

Tags: Cancer, Shoulder Blade Posted in Shoulder Pain on December 7th, 2009 by Andreas Xavier

Esophageal Cancer

There is a type of pain that is called referred pain. In a lot of cases, shoulder pains are actually a referred pain. This simply means that the cause of the pain of a shoulder blade is not necessarily caused by a...

Tags: Fibrous Tissues, Shoulder Blade Posted in Uncategorized on October 10th, 2009 by Andreas Xavier

Tendonitis

Do you know what the white, fibrous tissues you see that connects your muscles to your bones are called? Those are known as your tendons and when your tendons become inflamed or swollen, they result in what is known as...

Tags: Muscles, Shoulder Blade Posted in Shoulder Pain on March 12th, 2009 by Andreas Xavier

Shoulder Blade Pain

Aside from your leg muscles, your shoulder blades are probably one of the most common muscle groups which are frequently in use. Because they connect to the arm muscles too, you tend to engage them a lot whenever we do...