SHOULDER PAIN OR ROTATOR CUFF INJURY TREATMENT

Shoulder Pain Treatment

Who doesn’t get tight, achey or painful shoulders? Given the demands of our modern lifestyles, it is not surprising shoulder pain is common. It is estimated 15-30% of Australians suffer from shoulder pain at any given time.

We notice our patients tend to live with a lot of pain and discomfort because they usually:

• Believe their shoulder pain will just go away if they ignore it long enough;
• Didn’t know they can feel better;
• Are busy and have little time to devote to taking care of themselves;
• Previous treatment didn’t work or didn’t last and;
• Didn’t know who is going to give them the best results.

Will stretching and exercising help my shoulder pain?

Stretching and exercises alone can help, but only to a point. When movement is limited, tension becomes frequent and pain sets in. This means your shoulders are not coping with what you are asking them to do. When pain occurs, it’s important to:

• Decrease the strain on your shoulder/s and,
• Increase your shoulders’ ability to handle strain

Exercises are designed to increase the strain on your muscles. If your shoulder has flexibility or stability problems then exercising may not be a good idea. Exercises are important but should commence once the shoulder can safely move without damaging itself. Starting exercises before flexibility and stability of the shoulder is restored may be a reason why you are not getting results from your stretching and strengthening programs.

We can give you expert advice on what exercises will be right for your shoulders, regardless of your goals. We can also monitor your progress after your shoulder pain treatments.

Finding the right shoulder pain treatment

Every day at our Sydney clinic, one of our patients comment on how relaxed and mobile their shoulders have become and “why didn’t I do this ages ago?” The answer is, people just don’t know how good they should feel.

Tight and hard muscles have physically changed to adapt to extra strain. Over time, scar tissue literally builds up in the strained muscle and acts as a glue to stick everything around it; resulting in less flexibility and less ability to do work. Your body does not have a mechanism for breaking down scar tissue and when it builds up, it sometimes needs to be manually removed. The soft tissue treatment specifically designed for this purpose is Active Release Techniques ®.

What about chronic shoulder pain treatment?

When tight shoulders have been successfully ignored for many years, the changes in the muscle are more difficult to resolve. The scar tissue becomes more leather like and restricts circulation. This limits the muscle’s ability to heal. When the muscle is used, it begins to create waste products faster than it can get rid of them. This backlog of fluid is the reason why your muscles feel tight and hard and, why your shoulders become painful with use.

Your body is an incredible healing machine but sometimes your natural healing mechanisms need a jumpstart. This is where Shockwave Therapy can help. At our Sydney clinic, we use high intensity sound waves to treat chronic pain, even if the tendon is calcified. One of the effects of Shockwave Therapy care is that it stimulates the body to grow new blood vessels. Over time, even a degenerating tendon can be effectively healed.