Shoulder Bone Spurs Treatment

The shoulder is a common place for bone spurs (osteiphytes) to occur. Bone spurs (osteohytes) is a pathological bony outgrowth.

Bone spurs usually limit joint movement and typically cause pain. It happens very often from the onset of arthritis. When the body tries to repair the damage, sometimes it overcompensates and adds too much calcium forming a bone spur. Calcification and new bone formation can also occur due to aging, degeneration, mechanical instability, and disease.