What is a knot that has come up on the top of your shoulder on your shoulder bone?

Answer 1

Well... it could be a ganglion (where the tendon sheath gets a bubble in it filled with serum {the fluid of the body}), a lipoma (kind of soft and rolly-polly), calcification where one of the shoulder tendons attaches... Cannot think of much else it could be.

Answer 2

Without going into osteopathy: The most common complaint that people have about their shoulders is in an area that feels like a knot, or knots, on their shoulder bone. The skilled hands of a professionally trained massage therapist may be able to ascertain the situation and make a decision if medical intervention id needed,

For self-help, the first thing to do is to find exactly where it is: The shoulder can mean any number of locations in that region. Is it it front, side, top, or back of the shoulder? The most common knot (We massage therapists like to call them trigger or tender points) is on top of the shoulder between the neck and the end of the shoulder. You could try pressing on it with the hook of a cane, or other device for a few seconds sand see if it relieves some of the discomfort. DO NOT press too hard as this will only increase the pain. "No pain, no gain." has no place in the Massage Therapy philosophy.