When Should I Go to The Doctor for Shoulder Pain?

I think anytime the pain has been present for more than a couple of weeks and is negatively impacting your life. You can’t sleep, can’t do something you want to do, it bothers you throughout the day, or it stops you from doing certain activities.

If it’s impacting your quality of life in any negative way whatsoever, then you should go and get it checked out. When you go get it checked out, it’s a good idea.

If you know it’s in the shoulder area, just going in to see a shoulder specialist is your best bet, because all we do all day is look at shoulders. We are extremely efficient at figuring out what the problem is and how to fix it as quickly as possible, more than any other doctor, all we do is shoulders.

If it has been impacting your life in any negative way for more than a week or two and is not associated with an injury, then it’s time to get it checked out.