%20Logos-3.jpg)
%20Logos-1.jpg)
Shoulder Pain
Shoulder pain is often seen as a complicated condition but it can simplified into 3 conditions: Weak and painful, Stiff and painful, Unstable and painful.
Weak and painful - often diagnosed as rotator cuff tendinopathy or sub-acromial pain/impingement. Physiotherapy can help by assessing and modifying aggravating factors and strengthen the shoulder and rotator cuff with a progressive strengthening programme.
Stiff and painful - is usually a result of osteoarthritis or frozen shoulder.
Frozen Shoulder - also known as the '50 year old shoulder'. Often happens for no known reason or as result of trauma. The shoulder becomes very painful with quite a large restriction in range of movement.
Unstable and weak - unstable shoulders can be as a result of being worn loose through overuse, torn loose through a traumatic injury or again for no apparent reason.
Shoulder pain can be referred from other parts of the body with the neck for example being a common cause for shoulder pain. The physiotherapy assessment will identify the main contributing factors to your pain and also assess if the neck and other areas of the body are contributing factors.