Myth 1: Appeasement Some statistics found that among the respondents who had acute shoulder pain, more than 30% of the patients were overwhelmed and chose to “apply ointment or bruise wine by themselves” when the pain attacked, and did not seek regular professional medical services, treating the symptoms but not the root cause. As a result, chronic shoulder pain starts. Sun Yeqing, Department of Sports Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital Misconception 2: Only use painkillers or ointments for shoulder pain When pain strikes, just take some painkillers or use ointments to put on wherever it hurts. I don’t know that painkillers or creams can only provide temporary local relief or control the pain, and will only cover up the symptoms. But the root cause of the pain is still not properly dealt with, resulting in the gradual development and aggravation of the original disease. Myth 3: The first effect, immediately stop physical rehabilitation treatment and drugs In fact, at this time, the inflammation or injury at the lesion is only partially restored, after stopping treatment, the majority of patients will immediately or short-term recurrence, the previous work abandoned. Myth 4: Massage instead of treatment When we have shoulder pain, we are used to using massage to relieve the pain. It is true that massage can play a role in relieving the pain, but it can’t get rid of the root cause of the problem, and the shoulder should not be massaged casually. Myth #5: Shoulder pain is just a minor problem, no need for surgery Although many shoulder disorders can be cured or relieved by various conservative treatments or rehabilitation exercises, there are still some shoulder pains that must be operated to achieve better treatment. Most of the current shoulder surgeries are minimally invasive with arthroscopic treatment, which has the advantages of less trauma, faster recovery, fewer complications and better external appearance compared to traditional open surgery.