Rotator Cuff Impingement Syndrome in Sports.

In brief Activities such as pitching, swimming, and serving a tennis ball, which involve overhead movement of the arm, can cause pain around the shoulder. Rotator cuff impingement syndrome is confusing for physicians to diagnose, so the physical examination must be done systematically. Young athletes with the syndrome usually have an insidious onset of soreness in the shoulder that becomes more severe if they continue the offending activity.