Region: Shoulder
Irritation where tendons/bursa get pinched during shoulder movement, often with overhead activity.
What is a Shoulder Impingement?
Irritation where tendons/bursa get pinched during shoulder movement, often with overhead activity.
Symptoms
- Front/outer shoulder pain
- Pain with overhead motion
- Painful arc during lifting
- Night pain
- Mild weakness from pain
What does a Shoulder Impingement feel like?
- Aching pain with certain angles
- Worse with repeated overhead use
- Improves with rest
What are common causes of a Shoulder Impingement?
- Training volume increase
- Poor shoulder/scapular mechanics
- Tight chest/limited mobility
- Repetitive overhead work
Self check
- Does it hurt between shoulder-height range?
- Does overhead motion reproduce pain?
- Does rest reduce symptoms?
Educational only — not a medical diagnosis.
What to do now
- Reduce aggravating overhead work
- Ice after activity
- Gentle mobility + posture work
Red flags
- Severe pain after major trauma
- Inability to move arm
- Fever/red hot joint
Recovery tips
- Progress cuff + scapular strength
- Increase overhead volume slowly
- Improve thoracic mobility
Educational only. Not a medical diagnosis.