Both of my shoulders ache, especially early in the morning. I often wake up in pain. My right shoulder is far worse than the left. It also hurts when I lift my arm over my shoulder. Anti-inflammatorys help a little to relieve the early morning pain, but I don t want to take them every night. I think I may have hurt my shoulders the winter before last overdoing it cross-country skiing up and down a steep little mountain. They hurt for a while after that, and the last half year or so it s come back worse now. I don t remember a specific incident where I pulled something, but I m active outdoors and like kayaking and things like that.