Arthrosis/Osteoarthritis

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Arthrosis is a degenerative disease of the joints and, more specifically, of joint cartilages. The most affected joints are the vertebral column, the knee, the hip and hand/foot fingers. When joint degeneration is serious, a functional limitation arises.

Osteoarthritis differs from arthrosis because of an inflammatory process. The main symptoms of osteoarthritis are: strong pain, tumefaction and joint stiffness.

Contusions/Edemas

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Contusion is the consequence of a direct trauma. It consists in a capillary rupture, which provokes the typical hematoma. When the contusion takes place, pain is felt in the traumatized area. This type of injury frequently happens to athletes or after accidental falls.
Edema is caused by a trauma accumulating fluids in interstitial tissues.

Articular shoulder pain

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Among the different causes there is an inflammation of the articular capsule, of muscles, tendons and ligaments, which can cause simple pain or serious movement limitation.

Muscular pain

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Muscular pain is often caused by excessive strain. An insufficient warm-up, an anatomic-functional defect entailing an incorrect posture, imbalances in muscle activation are some of the causes of muscle contracture. Muscle contracture causes a variably intense pain, depending on the area and the number of fibers involved.

Fractures

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Variably serious interruption of bone continuity. They can be caused by trauma, stress or pathology. Symptoms are: swelling, impeded or reduced mobility, tumefaction, bleeding wounds.

Muscle-tendon lesions

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Periarthritis

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Periarthritis is an inflammatory, sometimes chronic condition of the shoulder which involves all the surrounding tissues. It can cause pain and especially movement limitation. Traumas and falls are some of the causes of periarthritis.

Shoulder calcific tendinitis

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Inflammatory condition characterized by calcium deposits in rotator cuff tendons. The pain is continuous in the anterior and medial region. It can be caused by overload, autoimmune pathologies, metabolic disorders. 

Rotator cuff tendinitis

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Inflammation of rotator cuff tendons. The most common symptoms are: pain and movement limitation. It can be caused by an incorrect movement of the shoulder, weakness of stabilizing muscles and excessive overload. 

Tendinitis/Bursitis

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Inflammation of the tendons, i.e. the structures that connect muscles to bones. Symptoms are various and movement is generally painful. Bursitis is an inflammatory process of the synovial bursae of a joint. Who suffers form bursitis feels pain in the anatomic area where the bursa is located. In some cases, it limits the movement of the affected joint.