Generally with specific shoulder-related conditions moving the shoulder will make your symptoms worse, but with referred pain into the shoulder you typically have full function.

Other common shoulder problems include labrum tears (SLAP tears and Bankart tears), bursitis and thoracic outlet syndrome.

Frozen shoulder is an insidious condition that leads to constant acute pain (including night pain), stiffness and progressive loss of movement in the shoulder.

A strong robust system of ligaments coalesces to form a shoulder capsule. If this system fails, the shoulder will become unstable and this occurs usually for two reasons, trauma and/or instability.

Shoulder osteoarthritis can affect the glenohumeral joint or the acromioclavicular (AC) joint.

Common shoulder muscle pains come from the rotator cuffs, the biceps, the scapulothoracic muscles, the pectorals or the deltoids.

Tendon problems in the shoulder include rotator cuff tendinopathy and impingement syndrome, calcification and biceps tendinopathy.