Don’t Play With Shoulder Pain

Chiropractic and Shoulder Pain

Your shoulders work hard for you. They are depended upon to perform many different movements during your day. This assortment of involved motion aids you in every area of your life – at work and at play. But, you have been overburdening your shoulders if you are currently feeling shoulder pain. Namely, you might be engaging in repetitive activities such as lifting and other arm movements, particularly those done overhead, like throwing a baseball, swinging a golf club or tennis racket, or merely placing things on overhead shelves. Nerve irritation, joint stress, and wear and tear of the tissues surrounding the shoulder joints can take place as the result of these types of repetitive activities. These repetitive motions shouldn’t actually create pain if your shoulder is healthy. However, if you are feeling pain in your shoulder, it is evidence that there’s a dysfunction that requires correcting.

Shoulder muscles can become tight, and even weak, when the nerves are inflamed, and movement is painful and limited. This often takes place in the ligaments and a group of muscles (and their tendon attachments) referred to as the rotator cuff. These muscles and tendons connect your upper arm bone with your shoulder blade and, in addition, help hold the ball of your upper arm stably in its shoulder socket. It is the arrangement of this elegant combination that permits the most superior range of motion of any joint in your body.

The intensity of this shoulder impingement syndrome can extend from a slight “catching” pain with activity (particularly lifting your arm overhead), to a nearly complete inability to use the shoulder. It is very important not to either tune out your shoulder pain or keep doing an activity while in pain. It is essential for you to get help for your shoulder condition as quickly as you’re able because the pain will only go from bad to worse. Unfortunately, if left untreated, some shoulder challenges, such as Rotator Cuff Syndrome, many time end up requiring surgery and extensive rehabilitation. Your Santa Barbara chiropractor is an authority in the area of muscular-skeletal challenges, and knows what to do to relieve your suffering. Because Santa Barbara chiropractic care addresses the cause of your shoulder pain, it is treated at its source. Your chiropractor will aid in restoring proper mobility to your shoulder joints, and will also talk to you about rehabilitation exercises that will not only help you get rid of your current shoulder problem, but will help you to avoid shoulder conditions in the future.