The armpit, also known as the axilla, is the hollow area under the junction of arm and the shoulder. Armpits are an intersection of many different anatomic structures in the body, Dr. Albert Lin, orthopedic surgeon and chief of shoulder service at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, tells...
When I came back home, I was still very much in pain, which is very unusual for me after a flu shot. I removed the band-aid to see where the injection had been administered, and to my surprise, I saw it was very high in my arm, way above the recommended ...
Muscle strain (pulled muscle)due to arm overuse or overstretching can cause sudden pain, tenderness and mild swelling in the muscles in the front, behind or below the armpit. Armpit pain withbruisingcan be caused by using crutches, wearing splints, direct hit into the armpit, rib fracture, s...
I present here two challenging cases. Two cases, one with pain in her upper arm of some two years duration. Surgery did not help, and eventually the nerve bundles to her shoulder became so badly irritated she got a frozen shoulder from her neck arm pain. In a case of left arm shoulder...
It began several months ago with recurrent pain under my left armpit and in the side of my left breast. I had a breast exam and a mammogram but nothing untoward was found. I was told that breast pain was not uncommon and not to worry. I still get this quite regularly though and it ...
pain is the pain felt in the abdomen. It may come from organs – within the abdomen or organs adjacent to the abdomen. It is caused by inflammation, distension of an organ, or by loss of blood supply to an organ (IBS). Cause usually depends on the character, physical examination and ...
–Bring your chin in towards your chest and rotate your head towards the left shoulder. –Then using your left arm gently push your head down looking towards your left armpit until you feel a slightly stretch along with right side of your neck. ...
This condition occurs when the upper part of the stomach pushes through the diaphragm and into the chest cavity. This causes acid reflux, and since the stomach is on the upper left portion of the abdomen, the condition will cause pain under the left breast and armpit. A hiatal hernia can ...
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Cardiac pain is not felt in the heart, but is referred to areas supplied by the corresponding spinal nerves. Instead of actual physical heart pain, cardiac pain can occur in any structure innervated by C3 to T4 such as the jaw, neck, upper trapezius, shoulder, and arm. Pain of cardiac ...