| People of all ages suffer from shoulder
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| | program can alleviate shoulder pain and
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| pain. The causes are many and can range
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| | you won't have to consider having an
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| from an unknown onset to a traumatic
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| | injection.
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| event. Many people develop shoulder pain
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| | Physical therapy treatment can consist of
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| from performing repetitive type
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| | the following interventions:
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| activities for prolonged times. Others
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| | 1. Therapeutic exercises: this will
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| will experience pain in the shoulder
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| | consist of range of motion, conditioning,
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| following a fall onto the shoulder or on
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| | and strengthening exercises. The goal
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| the outstretched arm. Sometimes the
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| | here is to maximize and restore any loss
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| reason for pain is not as obvious. I see
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| | of range of motion, improve the overall
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| many cases where a person cannot identify
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| | endurance of the shoulder blade and
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| what caused the pain in the shoulder.
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| | shoulder muscles and to improve the
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| Often times this pain for unknown reasons
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| | strength of these same muscles. Adequate
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| can occur when someone bumps their
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| | strength of the shoulder blade muscles is
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| shoulder against the door jam in the
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| | just as important as having strong
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| middle of the night when going to the
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| | rotator cuff muscles. These two groups
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| bathroom. This rather benign action sets
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| | must work together in order to restore
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| off a chemical process in the shoulder
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| | normal biomechanics and to prevent
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| that will build up over several days.
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| | further injury.
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| Eventually this will cause pain in the
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| | 2. Manual therapy: this will consist of
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| shoulder. Since the injury occurred
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| | hands on treatment that the physical
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| several days earlier the person cannot
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| | therapist would perform on you. This
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| recall any event that started the
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| | might consist of joint mobilization (i.e.
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| process. Regardless of the cause of the
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| | techniques designed to improve joint
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| pain in the shoulder the treatment is
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| | motion and relieve pain), or soft tissue
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| often similar from case to case.
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| | massage (i.e. techniques designed to
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| Treatment of the shoulder can encompass
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| | improve muscle and connective tissue
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| several different areas. Conservative
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| | flexibility and to relieve pain).
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| measures include medication such as
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| | 3. Modalities: this consists of machines
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| anti-inflammatories or pain medications,
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| | that the physical therapist may apply to
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| rest, cortisone injections, and or
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| | your painful shoulder to assist in pain
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| physical therapy. All of these methods
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| | relief and healing along with the other
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| can be effective in helping relieve a
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| | treatments mentioned above. Some of
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| painful shoulder especially when they are
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| | these machines are ultrasound, electrical
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| performed in combination with each other.
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| | stimulation, TENS, or iontophoresis.
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| Often times when you present to your
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| | All of these interventions can be used in
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| medical doctor with complaints of
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| | the treatment of a painful shoulder. It
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| shoulder pain they will prescribe some
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| | is common in clinical practice to use a
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| medication as described above. It is
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| | combination of these interventions. It
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| easy to recommend that a person rest the
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| | has been my experience in treating
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| painful shoulder but it may be difficult
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| | hundreds of shoulder patients over the
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| to do depending on their occupation or
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| | years that therapeutic exercise is an
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| responsibilities at home. Injections for
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| | absolute in the treatment of the painful
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| the painful shoulder are sometimes given
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| | shoulder. Well rounded exercises that
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| right away depending on your medical
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| | target the shoulder blade and shoulder
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| doctor's philosophy. Some MD's would
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| | muscles are the mainstay of any good
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| rather you attend physical therapy before
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| | physical therapy regimen for the
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| considering injecting the painful
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| | treatment of shoulder pain. A painful
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| shoulder. Injections are not the end all
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| | shoulder can persist for years. With the
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| beat all and they do not offer relief to
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| | right education you won't have to suffer
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| all patients that receive them. Often
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| | any longer!
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| times a well rounded physical therapy
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