Shoulder Anatomy
The main "ball-and-socket" joint of the shoulder.
What is the glenohumeral joint
A common fracture after a fall on an outstretched arm.
What is a clavicle fracture?
Mild stretching of ligaments at the SC joint is classified as this grade.
What is Grade I?
Partial dislocation of the shoulder joint.
What is subluxation?
Overuse of overhead motion may lead to this painful condition.
What is shoulder impingement?
An injury to this nerve can cause scapular winging.
What is the long thoracic nerve?
Ice application should last for how many minutes at a time after a shoulder injury?
What is 15–20 minutes?
This bone is known as the collarbone.
What is the clavicle?
A rare fracture involving the shoulder blade.
What is a scapular fracture?
A shoulder separation involves a sprain of this joint.
What is the acromioclavicular (AC) joint?
This surgical repair addresses a Bankart lesion.
What is a Bankart repair?
Inflammation of the bursa causes this condition.
What is shoulder bursitis?
Brachial plexus injuries are common in this type of accident.
What is a motorcycle accident?
This type of medication reduces inflammation and pain without steroids.
What are NSAIDs?
These ligaments provide stability to the glenohumeral joint.
What are the glenohumeral ligaments?
This type of fracture is more likely in elderly patients with osteoporosis.
What is a proximal humerus fracture?
Complete tearing of the AC and CC ligaments describes this sprain grade.
What is Grade III?
This procedure moves a piece of bone to stabilize recurrent dislocations.
What is the Latarjet procedure?
This visible deformity is often associated with a proximal biceps rupture.
What is a Popeye deformity?
Compression of blood vessels or nerves in the shoulder area is called this syndrome.
What is thoracic outlet syndrome?
Initial immobilization of a shoulder injury often involves this device.
What is a sling?
The muscle responsible for lifting the arm sideways (abduction).
What is the deltoid?
The surgical procedure using plates and screws to stabilize fractures.
What is open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF)?
This ligament connects the clavicle to the coracoid process.
What is the coracoclavicular ligament?
A feeling that the shoulder will "give out" suggests this condition.
What is chronic anterior instability?
Severe adhesive capsulitis often progresses through these many stages.
What are the three stages?
A burner or stinger is a temporary injury to this nerve network.
What is the brachial plexus?
This therapy is crucial to restoring the range of motion after shoulder surgery.
What is physical therapy?
These small sacs reduce friction between structures in the shoulder.
What are bursae?
This structure may be damaged during a humerus fracture, leading to wrist drop.
What is the radial nerve?
This condition involves overstretching of the glenohumeral ligaments.
What is a glenohumeral sprain?
A tear of this structure often causes anterior instability.
What is the labrum?
Degenerative tendon changes without inflammation are called this.
What is tendinosis?
This nerve supplies the deltoid and is often injured with dislocations.
What is the axillary nerve?
Cortisone injections are used primarily for these two conditions.
What are bursitis and impingement?
This fluid-filled structure is commonly inflamed in shoulder bursitis.
What is the subacromial bursa?
Motor vehicle accidents are a common cause of this high-energy fracture.
What is a scapular fracture?
Posterior dislocation at the SC joint may cause difficulty with this vital function.
What is breathing or swallowing?
Chronic posterior instability is common in athletes in this water sport.
What is swimming?
Shoulder pain that worsens at night may point to this overuse injury.
What is rotator cuff tendinitis?
This nerve supplies the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles.
What is the suprascapular nerve?
Surgery that moves a bone block to prevent shoulder instability is called this.
What is the Latarjet procedure?
This joint is not a true joint but describes scapula movement against the rib cage.
What is the scapulothoracic joint?
Severe displacement of this bone sometimes requires surgical fixation.
What is the clavicle?
In severe SC sprains, this surgical technique repositions and stabilizes the joint.
What is SC joint reduction and stabilization?
Tightening the shoulder capsule surgically is called this procedure.
What is capsular shift?
Subacromial decompression is a surgery performed to relieve symptoms of this condition.
What is shoulder impingement syndrome?
Muscle wasting due to nerve injury is called this.
What is atrophy?
To fully recover after rotator cuff surgery, rehabilitation usually takes at least this long.
What is 4–6 months?