Impingement syndrome is a muscle injury wherein the muscles between the bones in the shoulder are affected with tears and strains throughout the muscles. Luckily, this condition can be treated in various ways, and affected individuals can fully recover from this condition with the proper treatments.
This is common among adults, especially those who are very active and are much older. This condition’s leading cause is related to bursitis (painful swelling of joints) and rotator cuff tendinitis (inflammation of groups of muscle tendons, mostly in the shoulders), which can occur alone or in tandem at any given time.
This condition is similar to a sprained ankle, wherein the group of muscles under the shoulder bone called the rotator cuff is injured. However, since the shoulder bone covers it, it can cause compression (squeezing) and the blood flow being reduced in that area due to the compression in the capillaries (small blood vessels).
An affected individual will feel pain similar to a toothache once the blood flow in the tendon tissues has been reduced, and the muscle will start to swell. Unfortunately, the pain can worsen by reaching up in the other parts of the body like the back, overhead, etc., which can cause sleep loss due to the pain. It can also be an indicator to rotator cuff tear, wherein small tears or a hole has developed in the tendon muscle itself.
