Shoulder Pain Treatment Stopped Me Needing Surgery

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The fascinating thing about shoulder pain is that however you have managed to damage your shoulder, exercise is going to feature somewhere in the rehabilitation. Do not head off to the gym and start working out. That is a guaranteed way to end up needing surgery.

Nearly all shoulder pain treatment starts with a period of rest coupled with anti-inflammatory drugs and pain relief. It is essential to let an injured shoulder heal properly by letting it rest properly. Depending on what type of injury you have and what you do for a living, this might well involve some fairly drastic changes to your daily routine.

To give you an example.

Towards the end of last year I tore my rotator cuff and despite my doctor advising me to rest, I carried on more or less as normal, occasionally suffering pain when I forgot about my shoulder and moved my arm above shoulder height. My shoulder continued to get worse until I decided to exactly follow his advice and rest it completely. This meant not driving for starters. I am lucky in that I work at a desk so it was reasonably easy to stop using my shoulder. I had to change thinsg around on my desk at work to avoid using my left arm. I could still use the computer but I had to move my phone to the right side and even the place mat for my coffee mug moved across. At home, I had to reduce the amount of play with the kids and allow my wife to help me get dressed. Do it yourself and gardening had to go for a while too. Alongside this change in routine I started taking maximum dose ibuprofen to help with the inflammation.

I started to see an improvement in three weeks, the pain started to subside and certain movements became easier. I was then able to start some Pilates based shoulder exercises to strengthen and stabilise my injured shoulder.

Having suffered from worseneing pain for several months my shoulder was back to full pain free movement in aroound six weeks of starting the exercises.

So, if I had to give one tip for shoulder pain treatment it would be to rest your shoulder properly and not try to carry on regardless. Think about your daily routine and what causes you pain and then avoid doing those actions. A week or two of inconvenience can save you from a lot of pain and even prevent you needing corrective surgery. It is well worth the inconvenience.

And remember, your shoulder is a complex joint with seventeen different muscles as well as ligaments, cartilage and tendons. It is always worth getting a doctors advice if you have persistent shoulder pain.

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