Why Do I Wake Up with Shoulder Pain Every Day?

It could be a myriad of reasons.

Typically, as we sleep at night and rest, our bodies are trying to heal and regenerate themselves as we wake up. Our mind all of a sudden notices very clearly what’s going on in our body. As we get moving through the day, a lot of the aches and pains go away because we have so much extrinsic information coming in that our brain just can’t. Our brain doesn’t have enough bandwidth to be able to mess with that.

But the most common reason would be an issue with your rotator cuff, whether it’s tendonitis or a tear. The second most common would be arthritis. The third most common would be the tearing of the labrum. Sometimes, you get combinations of all three.

But those would be the most common things. But if you wake up with pain in your shoulder every day and it’s inhibiting or impacting the quality of your life negatively, the best thing you can do is come in to see a shoulder specialist. We’ll get a diagnosis, and then once we know what the problem is, we’ll be able to fix it ASAP.