Shoulder clicking

[thomas bibu]

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Hi dear,

Generally a painless shoulder click rarely indicates a shoulder pathology, though I should confess that a painful click in patients under 25, shoulder clicking is most likely related to instability problems. In normal subjects, even a strong or forceful eccentric contraction of the muscle groups can also produce an audible click.

The 3 common factors of shoulder click are;
a. thickened bursa, b. loose bodies, c. glenoid labral tear.
To ascertain, specialized clinical examination coupled with radiography (X-ray, MRI) is essential.

Since yours is a painless click, I would rather advice you to first seek the help of a professional physiotherapist and look forward to a progressive program of rotator cuff strengthening, stop all the present exercises you do.

Following a 4 to 6 week STRICT exercise regimen, if your shoulder continues to click or tends to become painful, please seek the opinion of an Orthopedic surgeon, trained in shoulder to further assess: clinical/radiological/visual-scopy.

All the best.

Cheers,

Thomas