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This sounds like a condition known as frozen shoulder.
It is an inflamation of the lining of the shoulder joint, and causes pain and restricted movement in the joint. Typically the arm cannot without pain be raised straight above the head, or far up the back, for example to fasten a brassiere.
It is of unknown causation, although many sufferers report a minor accident or strain a few weeks before onset. It is self-limitting (i.e it goes away of its own accord) but can take up to 2 years to go. It is very unusual for it to come back in the same joint, although it confers no immunity to any other joint in the body!
A doctor should be consulted, and will give a diagnosis based on the range of movement possible before pain occurs and the exact location of the pain. If it is indeed frozen shoulder treatment is usually by ibuprofen and hot and cold packs, followed by physiotherapy to restore movement. Steroid injections directly into the joint to relieve severe pain are unpleasant but very effective in removing the pain completely. In my case after two such injections at intervals of one month the pain did not recur and movement was restored almost immediately.
In rare cases the lining of the joint becomes permanently damaged. The pain disappears but movement is still limited, and surgery may be recommended to break the adhesions and restore movement.
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