Table 3

Describes the differential diagnosis for shoulder pain [9].

Referred pain from musculoskeletal sources
Cervical facet joints

Thoracic facet joints

Myofascial pain syndromes
Referred pain from visceral sources
Lungs

Gallbladder

Heart

Diaphragm
Neuropathies
Brachial plexus neuropathies

Peripheral neuropathies
Radicular pain
Cervical nerve root compression

Pribicevic and Pollard Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2005 13:20   doi:10.1186/1746-1340-13-20