What is the major cause of shoulder pain?
There is a lot of misinformation out there about what the major cause of shoulder pain is..
I wanted to drop by and share something helpful for you.
So…..
The impact of not treating the true causes of your shoulder pain is that your shoulder pain comes back.
Shoulder pain can be persistent and impact the quality of your life. You commonly need to modify your activities and your workouts. It can be a struggle to pick up your children which impacts your ability to be truly present with them on a daily basis.
Listen, I don’t want that for you.
I want you to feel confident and strong around your shoulders, knowing that this is all behind you.
You now have the ability to achieve your goals. You can do all your workouts, pick your children up and move forward having a life full of quality movement in and around your shoulder.
So here is what I wanted to share with you today:
To fix your shoulder pain for good you need to focus on 3 key links in the chain.
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The movement in your mid back
Modern day life will keep dragging your shoulders down. This leads to you hunching over the top of your phone, laptop, iPad’s you name it. In 2023 screens and phones are everywhere and a major part of how we live life in the modern world.
Unfortunately, this leads to your mid back hunching forwards over time, leading to what we call an increased “kyphosis”. This further rounds your shoulders forward placing them in a position where your shoulder doesn’t function at the level it needs to. That is, your shoulder function is compromised. The forward sitting joint leads to compensation and overuse. The end result of this over time is pain to structures such as your rotator cuff (supraspinatus) and your bursa (bursitis). It is time to resolve this for good.
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The small muscles in your shoulder need to get stronger to support the shoulder.
Your shoulder joint is very mobile. This enables you to reach overhead, reach behind you in the car or throw a ball to your child. For this to happen the joint must be held strong into the socket. Small muscles called your rotator cuff and muscles that attach to your shoulder blade provide this support. These specific muscles can be missed in many rehabilitation programs. Or they may be poorly progressed with specificity or intensity. There is an art and science to this.
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The larger muscles attaching into your shoulder need to get stronger.
Once you have got the mid back moving well and the small muscles working well, the focus switches to the larger muscles of the shoulder. Without strengthening the big muscles, your shoulder joint relies on the small muscles too much. This leads to compensation, overuse and eventually pain.
Listen, I hope this was helpful.
Ross Kinsella
P.S: If you want to learn more about how our dedicated treatment plans that will help you achieve the above and resolve your ongoing shoulder pain?
