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Shoulder Pain Pump & Severe Conditions

After arthroscopic shoulder surgery, many patients experience severe pain. Traditionally, doctors have treated the pain by giving single injections of an anesthetic into the tissue surrounding the shoulder or into the joint itself. No problems of chondrolysis (breakdown of the shoulder cartilage) were reported.

After a new treatment for pain — continuously infused local anesthetics known as shoulder pain pumps — came into use, problems began to appear. It is still unknown whether the device itself, that is, the pain pump, is causing the problem, or it is caused by the medication that is being infused.

Painful Shoulder Conditions

The following painful conditions are among complaints reported by patients who have had arthroscopic shoulder surgery and were then are treated by infusion pump anesthesia:

Stiffness
Crepitus (clicking, popping, or grinding sounds in the shoulder)
Limited motion
Weakness
Pain resulting from loss of cartilage and bones rubbing together

Common Shoulder Conditions

The shoulder, which is capable of more motion than other joints in the body tends to be more unstable than other joints. The muscles, tendons and ligaments that attach the ball of the arm to the shoulder socket that holds it are prone to injury or overuse. Pain also occurs as some of these tissues degenerate. Other causes for shoulder pain come from disease conditions, including those of the cervical spine of the neck, gallbladder, heart and liver.

Common Shoulder Conditions Include

Shoulder Dislocation: The joint of the body most often dislocated is the shoulder. The bones of the shoulder can dislocate forward, backward, or downward. They appear out of joint and the patient is in pain. When the shoulder dislocates, ligaments or tendons may be torn, and less often, nerves are damaged.
Shoulder Separation: A shoulder separates when the ligaments holding the collarbone to the shoulder blade are torn or slip out of place. This type of injury usually happens when someone is hit on the shoulder or they fall on an outstretched hand.
Tendonitis, Bursitis, and Impingement Syndrome: These conditions are caused by irritation, inflammation and swelling of the tendons, the bursa (sacs filled with viscous fluid that protect the shoulder) or both. They can result from aging, squeezing of an inflamed thickened rotator cuff(called impingement syndrome), overuse or rheumatoid arthritis.
Torn Rotator Cuff: This is a painful condition felt at the top and side of the shoulder. It is aggravated by motion. This occurs when tendons, which normally are strong, are overused, or damaged by aging, a collision, or falling on an outstretched hand.
Frozen Shoulder: This occurs when shoulder movement is severely restricted. Medically known as adhesive capsulitis, frozen shoulder often is caused by an injury after which a person is reluctant to use the joint because of pain. People at risk of getting frozen shoulder include diabetics, stroke victims, or those with lung disease, heart disease or rheumatoid arthritis. It occurs most often in people 40 years old and older.

Orthopedic Shoulder Conditions

Orthopedic shoulder conditions stem from deformities in the musculo-skeletal parts of the shoulder. They include rotator cuff tears, chronic shoulder instability, shoulder joint tears, shoulder dislocation, and shoulder impingement.

Pathologic Shoulder Conditions

Pathologic shoulder conditions are caused by a disease. These include diabetes, stroke, lung disease, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, gallbladder disease or liver disease.

For more information, or to speak with a shoulder pain pump attorney about a potential injury, contact us today.

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