Are vaccinations associated with shoulder pain? Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) has received a lot of attention on social media as vaccination levels have increased. If your patient has shoulder pain after a vaccine, what does this mean for treatment?

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• Bancsi A, Houle SK, Grindrod KA. Getting it in the right spot: Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) and other injection site events. Canadian Pharmacists Journal/Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada. 2018 Sep;151(5):295-9.

• Batra S, Page B. Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration: case series of an emerging occupational health concern. Workplace Health & Safety. 2021 Feb;69(2):68-72.

• Cross GB, Moghaddas J, Buttery J, Ayoub S, Korman TM. Don't aim too high: avoiding shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. Australian family physician. 2016 May;45(5):303-6.

• Gonzalez AI, Kortlever JT, Moore MG, Ring DC. Influenza Vaccination Is Not Associated with Increased Number of Visits for Shoulder Pain. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®. 2020 Oct 1;478(10):2343-8.

• Hesse EM, Atanasoff S, Hibbs BF, Adegoke OJ, Ng C, Marquez P, Osborn M, Su JR, Moro PL, Shimabukuro T, Nair N. Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA): petitioner claims to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 2010–2016. Vaccine. 2020 Jan 29;38(5):1076-83.

• Hibbs BF, Ng CS, Museru O, Moro PL, Marquez P, Woo EJ, Cano MV, Shimabukuro TT. Reports of atypical shoulder pain and dysfunction following inactivated influenza vaccine, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), 2010–2017. Vaccine. 2020 Jan 29;38(5):1137-43.

• Martin Arias L, Fadrique RS, Gil MS, Salgueiro-Vazquez ME. Risk of bursitis and other injuries and dysfunctions of the shoulder following vaccinations. Vaccine. 2017 Sep 5;35(37):4870-6.

• Shahbaz M, Blanc PD, Domeracki SJ, Guntur S. Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA): an occupational case report. Workplace Health & Safety. 2019 Oct;67(10):501-5.

• Sohn DH. CORR Insights®: Influenza Vaccination Is Not Associated with Increased Number of Visits for Shoulder Pain. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2020 Oct;478(10).