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Ohio State Health & Discovery Health Talks
What is shoulder impingement?]

[Text on screen:
Ryan Rauck, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center]

Ryan Rauck, MD: Impingement syndrome of the shoulder is when you get inflammation around the rotator cuff. It typically is caused by a bone spur under your shoulder blade. An impingement is defined as when the rotator cuff impinges on that bone spur under your shoulder blade. 

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And so for most people, this leads to inflammation around the rotator cuff or the bursa of the rotator cuff, and typically is very responsive to non operative treatment, which involves physical therapy to regain strength and motion. Additionally, we will use anti-inflammatory medicines either by mouth or by injection to help improve pain so that patients can participate in physical therapy. 

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I'd say shoulder impingement is probably the most common diagnosis that we make as shoulder doctors at Ohio State.

[Text on screen: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
For more information, visit:
go.osu.edu/orthopedics]

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