How did I get “calcific tendonitis”?

Did you just wake up with shoulder pain one day? Never did anything to hurt it, right?  Well, one of the most common causes of shoulder pain is also one of the most frustrating.  Calcific tendonitis (aka calcifying/calcareous tendonitis or bursitis) is the result of a breakdown in the rotator cuff tendon (that's the tendonitis part) and a replacement of the tendon tissue with calcium deposits.  It goes through a couple of phases, but the resorptive phase is when the pain really kicks in because… [more]