I've consistently had this problem for about 3 years in both my right and left arm with varying intensity. It is worse in the left. The right still hurts a bit if i exaggerate the specific movements which trigger the pain, but otherwise it is fine.

Basically if i lift my arm (either to the side or in front of me) while my elbow is bent at a 90 degree angle, i get a pain under my deltoid. I realize the deltoid probably has nothing to do with it, but i don't know the anatomy of the shoulder well enough to get into the nerves, ligaments etc.. If i do it with zero resistance (just the weight of my arm) it's not a bad pain, but i can definitely feel it. If i do use any sort of weight, even 5 pounds, it hurts. Every repetition of the movement will hurt, some much worse than others, which makes me think something is being pinched, but that is a completely uneducated guess.

Furthermore, if im lifting my arm in front of me with my elbow bent to 90 degrees, and i then lower my fist while keeping my elbow where it is (ulna/radius are no longer parallel to the ground) the pain is at its worst. Moving my fist up and down while in that position (arm out in front, elbow bent to 90) with any sort of weight would be excruciating.

I did go to physio for this about 10 months ago for 2-3 months, but it wasn't improving and it was costing me 50 bucks a trip. They mostly had me do exercises where i would keep my elbow at my side, bend my elbow to 90 degrees, and move my fist out away from body while keeping the form i began with. Helped to a degree maybe? Was hard to tell, and to me wasn't worth the 50 bucks every week or two weeks.

Now it does trigger from movements other than these when i'm just doing my daily things, but not in a consistent fashion. These are the only movements that always hurt to some extent.

Lastly, like i mentioned at the start, it has been consistent since it's come on but some weeks/months its not too bad, and others it gets quite painful. I've tried to take some things out of my daily routines that i thought it could be, such as working out, sleeping on my stomach, too much time sitting at my computer, but none seemed to make a difference.

Kind of a long post, but i wanted to be thorough. If anyone has any answers, or any questions to help them come up with an answer, please let me know .

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