Nerve inflammation in the shoulder

What you need:

• Protection of the shoulder and neck area
• pain reliever ointment
• Cold therapy

Often with nerve inflammation in the shoulder one is with severe for weeks pains and loss of function incapacitated. It is all the more important to cure yourself faster by taking suitable measures.

Nerve inflammation under the scapula lasts for a long time

• If you have nerve inflammation (neuritis) under the shoulder blade (scapula), this is one lengthy affair, because the nerve pain usually extends over the entire area Shoulder girdle. The area between the collarbone and the shoulder blade is usually affected.
• Since the nerves and nerve roots supply a wide variety of areas, such forms of inflammation can also affect the face and the entire area in addition to the shoulder girdle poor- and leg area. The nerves in the arm nerve plexus or those of the exiting spinal cord nerves are responsible for nerve inflammation in the shoulder.
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• Once the nerves are "offended" by an inflammation, it often takes several months to get to one Years, until the nerves have calmed down again, the inflammation has disappeared and you are completely free of pain again is. Long-term inflammation can cause permanent damage.

Heal the shoulder yourself

• Without drug treatment for the nerve inflammation in the shoulder and for the pain, you cannot cure the inflammation in the shoulder. The brain always remembers the pain stimulus, the muscles are tensed and the nerves are stimulated again and again due to incorrect stress.


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• Since nerve conduits go very far, it is advisable to clarify with a doctor where the inflammation is hidden. In theory, you could have an inflammation of the nerves in your lower back, but the pain may not show up until your shoulder area.
• It is important that the painful shoulder area and thus the nerves it contains are spared and immobilized as much as possible.
• But you can contribute to faster healing yourself. You should therefore avoid activities and sports that put pressure on your shoulders, such as cycling, chopping wood or chest and shoulder training, as these place particular stress on the shoulder area.
• Do not take a sauna bath, as the nerves swell when it is warm and oxygen-poor Walks in the fresh air to get oxygen into the cells and through the nerves diminish.
• Also, do not use warming creams or alcohol rubs on the shoulder, this will dilate the vessels and also make the nerves swell.
• Sometimes cooling pads on the painful shoulder area help, so you can Wrap the cold pack in a clean tea towel and place it on the painful area for a maximum of 20 minutes place.
• Rubbing in a pain reliever ointment (Voltaren) on the affected area can also be helpful.