Pain in the shoulder joint is extremely common and can keep people from even the most mundane tasks, such as type or even moving a spoon to eat.
Despite the threat it could pose, especially to an athlete, there are a ton of ways to make sure that it goes away quickly or that it affects you as little as possible.
A good way to determine whether the problem is in your shoulder or not is to lift up your arm and see if it hurts.
If it does, you have shoulder joint pain.
Just powering through the pain is a great way to make it worse or if you're really unlucky, make any damage or issues a permanent thing.
So don't do that.
Pick up the phone or call a cab and then go meet up with your doctor to see what you can safely and intelligently do about it.
Shoulder pain is most often aggravated by acts that require the arm to rise above shoulder level.
Once you're in pain, you should make sure you should stay away from those acts and avoid using it unless absolutely necessary like in work or studies.
If this advice doesn't convince you, the pain usually will.
While you can probably take some medication to keep the swelling down, it's best to combine that with some rest and to make sure that you actually can take the medication.
No amount of medication will help you if you continue to put pressure and stress on that shoulder.
Adequate rest should be applied even if it doesn't feel like it hurts.
That's because the painkillers or anti-inflammatory meds are doing their job.
They don't heal things - they just reduce discomfort, so don't go lifting pianos around just because you got a few pills on you.
An ice pack can round off and help you back into your comfort zone.