musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
How To Inject a Subacromial Bursa
Relevant Anatomy for Injecting a Subacromial Bursa
The subacromial bursa lies immediately superior and lateral to the supraspinatus tendon and inferior to the coracoacromial arch. Injection into a tendon or muscle will meet resistance and is to be avoided; injection into a bursa (or sometimes into a tendon sheath) is desired and will not meet resistance. 