Shoulder Pain Relief, Recovery, and Prevention

Chiropractic and Shoulder Pain

Like many of us, you, no doubt, expect a lot of your shoulders. They are expected to execute a large number of actions during your day. Whether you’re working or playing, this variety of complex motion makes it possible for you to do what you need to do. However, you have been overburdening your shoulders if you are currently suffering from shoulder pain. In other words, you might be participating in repetitive activities like lifting and other arm motions, in particular those done overhead, like throwing a baseball, swinging a golf club or tennis racket, or just placing objects on high shelves. Nerve inflammation, joint stress, and wear and tear of the tissues surrounding the shoulder joints can take place as the result of these kinds of repetitive activities. These repetitive movements shouldn’t actually create pain if your shoulder is healthy. But, if you are feeling pain in your shoulder, it is an indication that there’s a condition that needs to be addressed.

When the nerves are irritated, your shoulder muscles can become tight, even weak, and movement is painful and confined. This commonly takes place in the ligaments and a group of muscles (and their tendon attachments) referred to as the rotator cuff. These muscles and tendons attach your upper arm bone with your shoulder blade and also help to lock the ball of your upper arm stably in its shoulder socket. It is the consequence of this elegant combination that allows for the most significant range of motion of any joint in your body.

The intensity of this shoulder impingement syndrome can vary from a slight “catching” pain upon activity (in particular lifting your arm overhead), to a nearly complete loss of ability to use the shoulder. Do not, under any circumstance either tune out your shoulder pain or forge ahead with an activity while in pain. It is vitally important for you to see a health professional about your shoulder problem as quickly as you can because the pain will only go from bad to worse. Unhappily, if disregarded, some shoulder conditions, such as Rotator Cuff Syndrome, frequently end up needing surgery and a long rehabilitation. Your chiropractor in Santa Barbara knows just what to do to get you out of pain, and is an expert when it comes to muscular-skeletal problems. Because Santa Barbara chiropractic care addresses the cause of your shoulder pain, it is corrected at its source. Your chiropractor will aid in restoring healthy mobility to your shoulder joints, and will also recommend rehabilitation exercises that will not only support you in getting rid of your current shoulder pain, but will aid you in preventing shoulder conditions in the future.