| If you have been diagnosed as having a Shoulder | | | | But almost always, Shoulder Impingement is a |
| Impingement, it will prove very valuable for you to | | | | symptom. And all symptoms have an underlying cause. |
| understand exactly what that means. We mainly view | | | | Doctors treat Shoulder Impingement like it is the cause |
| impingement as an injury. | | | | of resulting problems. Thus they perform surgery and |
| There are three main points to understand that will help | | | | other bad-for-the-body procedures. |
| you get your shoulder back to normal. | | | | But that doesn't fix the underlying factors that caused |
| So what is it you are about to learn that doctors don't | | | | the Shoulder Impingement that was causing problems. |
| know? You are about to discover the truth about | | | | Shoulder Impingement is caused by tight muscles of |
| shoulder impingement, and why it is not as horrible a | | | | the shoulder cuff structure, and because they are tight, |
| condition as you have been led to believe. | | | | they clamp down and basically compress the arm and |
| Truth #1 Shoulder Impingement doesn't just show up | | | | shoulder into each other, and down into the ribcage. |
| out of the blue. | | | | Surgery doesn't make muscles relax. But then, neither |
| This kind of shoulder issue doesn't just happen | | | | do the other usual methods of treatment like rest, |
| randomly, for no reason. We like to think that pain and | | | | anti-inflammatories, corticosteroid shots, splints and arm |
| injury just arrives through no fault of our own. But | | | | slings, etc. |
| unless you had a major fall or crash or other injury, | | | | 3. It probably won't go away or heal without the |
| and often even if you do have an incident like that, | | | | RIGHT treatment. |
| these kind of things sneak up on us in a very | | | | The body is always either on an Upward Spiral, or a |
| predictable manner. | | | | Downward Spiral. If you have been on a Downward |
| Trauma can be a beginning of the pattern, but there is | | | | Spiral of increasing tightness and pain, chances are it's |
| a Pain Causing Dynamic that slowly sets in, tightens | | | | not just going to get better all on its own. And surgery |
| things up, makes things hurt and not work as well. All | | | | may help you feel better for a little while or a long |
| those factors feed on each other until there is a | | | | while, depending on your situation and what exactly the |
| feedback loop that dooms the shoulder to more | | | | surgeon cuts into, or cuts out of you. |
| compression, more impingement, and more pain. | | | | My point is, you have to do something to stop the |
| My point is, pain shows up in the body for very | | | | Downward Spiral. Some things, like surgery, can |
| predictable reasons, and random occurrence really isn't | | | | increase the problem. |
| one of them. | | | | You need to reverse the problem by making the tight |
| Truth #2 Doctors treat Shoulder Impingement like a | | | | muscles that are compressing the structure relax and |
| medical issue, but really it's just caused by tight | | | | open up. |
| muscles. | | | | But it's not just muscles. It's connective tissue too. |
| Don't get me wrong. Shoulder Impingement can be a | | | | There is an entire dynamic at play. Make sure that you |
| serious problem, not to be ignored. A Shoulder | | | | use the RIGHT methods to fix the problem, not the |
| Impingement can cause A LOT of pain and problem. | | | | wrong methods. |