What chronic pain in the upper arm for the person concerned can be estimated if one considers the importance of free mobility of the upper extremity in everyday life. The independent dressing, doing everyday household chores, hair and body care as well as numerous forms of social interaction up to the practice of sports are made much more difficult when pain in the shoulder and upper arm make every movement, however banal, a challenge.
Among the upper extremity pain, the upper arm is likely to be the most commonly affected region. Since approx. 85-90% of the European population are right-handed, stress-related pain on the right side of the body occurs particularly frequently and often hampers those affected considerably. Even if the therapy is protracted in many cases and those affected are often prone to relapses, pain in the upper arm is usually well known and easy to treat.
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We start with diseases of the joints. The two joints of the upper arm, the shoulder joint, a ball joint, and the elbow joint, which has the properties of a hinge and ball joint, can be the origin of various diseases that cause pain radiating into the upper arm.
As the most flexible joint in the human body, the shoulder joint offers a wide range of motion. It enables many everyday processes. Illnesses in this important part of the body can quickly lead to major problems in coping with everyday life. Although the shoulder is relatively stable, repeated minor injuries and overuse can lead to wear and tear on the joint structures. Especially overhead work, as it is carried out in some skilled trades, or sports with frequent overhead movements, such as handball or volleyball, stress the shoulder joint and can later lead to wear and tear and upper arm pain that emanates from the shoulder joint.
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When one speaks of pain in the outer upper arm, it is usually the area of the Deltoid muscle, of Deltoid muscle, meant. This muscle, which is largely involved in the shape of the shoulder, lies over the shoulder joint and stabilizes it by pressing the head of the upper arm into its joint socket, the shoulder joint socket.
$config[ads_text3] not foundStep on the outside of the right upper arm exercise-related pain, especially in right-handed people who does more work with his right hand and thus also using his right arm. Among the typical movements in which the Deltoid muscle is used, count Splaying movements of the upper arm.With some exercises in the gym, in the handicraft when carrying buckets or sacks, but also in the office when working with the computer (with an unfavorable position at the desk), the deltoid muscle can be unusually stressed. Painful tension can be the result. Characteristic here are the already described pain over the outside of the upper arm and occasionally palpable hardening of the muscle itself. The deltoid muscle becomes apart from splaying movements also when Pressing the arm against the trunk utilized. At Immobilization of the upper arm with plaster casts or the like, this protective posture can often be assumed involuntarily and cause discomfort accordingly.
Since adduction, i.e. the approaching of the upper arm, is essentially caused by the chest- and Back muscles (Pectoralis muscle and Latissimus dorsi muscle) and not through muscles on the inside of the upper arms, what happens is pain on the inside of the upper arm usually not due to muscular structures.
Of the Ulnar nerve (Elbow nerve) can cause pain there. It runs on the inside of the upper arm towards the elbow, where it merges on the inside into the forearm. By Force applied to the inside of the elbow or through constant pressure on this area, for example if the posture is unfavorable while sleeping, cycling or doing paperwork, the elbow nerve can be irritated and cause electrifying pain on the inside of the upper arm.
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If pain occurs mainly at night, the cause is usually one unfavorable sleeping position. On the one hand, chronic degenerative diseases such as the one described in the introduction can occur here Impingement syndrome or arthrosis prevent finding a good sleeping position. Unfamiliar sleeping positions can lead to Compression of nerves, muscles and blood vessels in the upper arm and thus lead to nocturnal pain and even numbness of the upper extremities.
Although the causes of nocturnal upper arm pain are mostly harmless, it can in rare cases also a tumor disease behind the phenomenon. The so-called Osteoid osteoma, a benign tumor of the bone, often manifests itself by its characteristic nocturnal pain, which is good on aspirinTalk to ®. A doctor's assessment can help prevent the disease from progressing.