Shoulder Pain
Shoulder pain may be diagnosed by your physician as any one of the following conditions. Let's group them together and discuss physical therapy treatments that are often successful in resolving these symptoms:
Physical therapy for
shoulder pain
Rotator Cuff tendinitis, Rotator Cuff Syndrome, Impingement Syndrome, Bursitis. These are all common diagnoses used to describe shoulder pain when the physician has ruled out more serious conditions such as a fracture, dislocation or torn rotator cuff. Symptoms usually start gradually then increase especially with heavy use of your arm and/or overhead reaching. As a physical therapist my focus is to determine mechanical factors that aggravate or reduce the symptoms. Based on my detail examination I can then implement a treatment plan to address the contributing factors. My years of experience has taught me that the common contributing factors include poor posture or ergonomics, abnormal position and function of the scapula (shoulder blade bone) and the presence of Trigger Points in the muscles controlling both the shoulder joint and the scapula.
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