How to treat a painful arm that you can’t lift your arm



Arm pain arm lift can be treated with general treatment, physical therapy, medication and surgery depending on the cause. Consider and upper limb excessive exercise, frozen shoulder, rotator cuff injury, trauma and other reasons.

1. Excessive exercise of upper limbs: it can cause accumulation of lactic acid in upper limbs and shoulder muscles, causing arm pain, which can be relieved after rest.

2. Frozen shoulder: the joint capsule, ligaments and other soft tissues due to degeneration, strain and other reasons, adhesions and aseptic inflammation of the periapical tissues, and arm pain arm can’t be lifted up. Usually pay attention to keep warm, can apply non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs, such as celecoxib and other treatment. Can also be combined with hot compresses, massage and other physical therapy. If the condition is serious, surgery can be performed, such as minimally invasive release surgery.

3. Rotator cuff injury: when the rotator cuff is damaged under the influence of trauma or chronic strain injury, arm pain will also occur and the arm can not be lifted. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as celecoxib, can be applied to relieve pain. If the injury is serious and the shoulder joint activity is limited, arthroscopic exploration and repair surgery is feasible.

4. Trauma: after shoulder and arm injury, if there is soft tissue injury or fracture, it will also cause arm pain and arm lift. If it is a simple soft tissue injury, you can apply cold compresses in the acute period, hot compresses in the recovery period, and slowly recuperate and recover. If there is a serious fracture, surgical incision and fixation is required.

There are many other causes of arm pain arm lift, such as cervical spondylosis, such as serious symptoms can go to the hospital to further identify the cause of the disease, and then follow the doctor’s instructions targeted treatment. The above drugs need to be applied under the guidance of a physician.