After knee pain, shoulder pain is the second most common type of orthopedic pain in patients seen by family physicians.
Most shoulder problems are attributable to overuse and trauma.
The rotator cuff muscles are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis, which envelop the scapula. Stage I rotator cuff syndrome. This occurs in persons 25 years of age or younger. This is a rotator cuff tendinitis caused by forceful or repetitive motion. Pain is noted over the anterior aspect of the shoulder and is maximal when the arm is raised from 60 to 120 degrees of elevation.