The Straits Times – Conditions that can have shoulder pain and stiffness as a symptom

Are your shoulders stiff and painful? Is it uncomfortable to stretch your arm out?

Doctors say there could be a few reasons for this and it is important to seek medical help for diagnosis.

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Eileen Tay says that shoulder stiffness or pain on moving the shoulder could be because of a frozen shoulder. This common condition results from inflammation and thickening of the shoulder joint capsule.

Frozen shoulder can develop for no obvious reason, adds the senior consultant from private practice The Orthopaedic Practice and Surgery.

When discussing dislocation, infection and other complications associated with shoulder pain, Dr Tay says that fever, chills and swelling around the shoulder indicate a joint infection.

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