Dr Lucy Douglas, Krystian Dawiec and Dr Elspeth Wise answer questions on shoulder pain, including how to distinguish and manage the main groups of pain, when steroid injections are helpful and the role of imaging
Dr Lucy Douglas
Krystian Dawiec
Dr Elspeth Wise
3 December 2021
Updated 7 November 2023
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Reviews
Excellent
Excellent overview of causes and management of shoulder pain
excellent informative
Excellent module relevant to primary care
Excellent course.
useful and informative
good module
good
very useful tips to apply in general practice
Excellent
Relevant presentation
good
Excellent module
very good module
Really reminder of the various tests to do to confirm or exclude different diagnosis in shoulder pain.
good course
Explicit
very instructive
Great overview of shoulder pathology. As with most of MSK the limit of therapy appears to be NSAIDS, steroid injection, physio and ideally remaining under the age of 50 however great overview of the underlying mechanics.
Useful
Good summary of shoulder pain
great one
Very helpful module
Excellent module
A very good learning module
x-ray for acute rotator cuff injury is indicated and can show humeral bony fragment.