Cause and symptoms
There can be many reasons why shoulder pain occurs. The shoulder is a very mobile joint, which is why there are also high demands on the muscles that have to move the joint.
The pain can both occur acutely and develop over time. There can be pain around the shoulder joint and sometimes radiation in the upper arm/forearm and up the neck. It is common for there to be pain in all directions of movement of the shoulder and the pain is typically worst when lifting the arm above shoulder height.
If you have a working day where the chest muscle is very active, for example when working on a computer, painting, cleaning windows and doing care tasks, an uneven ratio can arise between the front, which becomes very active, and the back, which will become less active.
There is a good chance that the pain will go away again, but this often requires active effort with training.
How to help yourself
If you have shoulder pain, you should limit the activities that aggravate and trigger the pain and instead find other activities so that you can continue to be physically active.