Shoulder impingement (subacromial syndrome)

Supraspinatus tendinitis is the most common shoulder tendinitis: it hurts when raising your arm to the side, getting dressed or sleeping on that side. If it isn't treated, the tendon wears and can tear. We explain how to recognise it, how we treat it and what to do if there's already a tear.

The rotator cuff is made up of four tendons, and tendinitis can affect just one or several. We explain how to tell which one hurts with simple tests, why it ends up affecting the whole shoulder and how we treat it.

Biceps tendinitis causes pain at the front of the shoulder when bending your elbow forcefully or carrying weight. We explain how to recognise it with a simple test, why it so often appears alongside other shoulder injuries and how we treat it.

In a frozen shoulder, the joint capsule contracts and the shoulder becomes more and more blocked. We explain how to tell it apart from tendinitis, why there have been more cases since the pandemic and how we treat it to get rid of the pain and recover movement.

Thoracic outlet syndrome appears when the nerves running from the neck to the arm get compressed between the neck muscles, the collarbone and the chest. We explain how to recognise it, how it differs from a cervical disc herniation and how we treat it.