Common to workers who use their hands above the shoulder, or athletes who throw, or anyone unlucky enough to fall with an outstretched arm …

The labrum is a fibrous area around the glenoid cavity (socket where the ball of arm bone rests). The labrum is like a gasket that builds up the depth of the glenoid.

When injured or worn, it can cause pain, grinding, clicking or a feeling of the bone slipping out.

Overuse, injury, bursitis, ligament injury and arthritis are common causes for shoulder pain, at almost any age. If everyday remedies such as ice and rest don’t help your shoulder pain, you may consider cellular therapies, which use cells extracted from your fat layers and bone marrow to spark joint, ligament and muscle repair and rejuvenation.

This may alleviate pain and dysfunction faster and more completely than non-treatment or other therapies.

Shoulder surgery may be needed if there is a complete tear of the rotator cuff or other serious injury. Very few total joint replacements are performed worldwide for shoulder degeneration.