| All things considered, it's amazing that more people | | | | overuse, accident, and chronic stress. A lot of people |
| don't suffer from shoulder muscle pain and joint | | | | internalize their stress and carry it in their shoulders. |
| problems. | | | | The use of a dominant hand also plays a part; for |
| An Amazing Piece of Machinery | | | | example, if you are right-handed, you are more likely to |
| In some ways, the shoulder is comparable to a | | | | suffer from right shoulder pain, and vice-versa. |
| mechanical universal joint. If you know anything about | | | | Fortunately, you do not have to live with shoulder pain. |
| cars, you know that if it weren't for u-joints, your | | | | Standard Treatments - And Alternatives |
| engine wouldn't be able to turn the wheels and you | | | | Treating shoulder blade pain first requires diagnosis - |
| wouldn't be able to steer. A u-joint allows you to | | | | and as you might imagine, with a complex piece of |
| connect to shafts and allows them to rotate at any | | | | biological machinery like that there are a staggering |
| angle. | | | | number of things that can go wrong. Bones may be |
| The primate shoulder is similar; unlike most other | | | | fractured or broken, arthritis may have set in, or it may |
| animals, monkeys, apes and humans can have a | | | | be a simple case of muscular strain or a torn ligament. |
| shoulder joint that allows the arm to rotate in virtually | | | | Although the use of analgesic drugs is common, |
| every direction. Of course, our shoulder joint is much | | | | people are increasingly rejecting this option. |
| more complicated than a u-joint. It's a handy thing to | | | | Acupuncture is another option, as is the use of heat |
| have, and arguably, it is that incredibly flexible shoulder | | | | and ice therapy. Recently, the use of magnetic energy, |
| joint that, along with the primate's unique opposable | | | | in combination with low vibration therapy, has shown to |
| thumb, allowed us to climb down from the trees and | | | | be highly effective in addressing the issue of shoulder |
| create something approximating civilization. | | | | blade pain as well as chronic pain related to a range of |
| However, it is the very complexity of this joint that | | | | neuromuscular issues. These treatments are |
| causes shoulder muscle pain. Because the shoulder | | | | completely safe and have no side effects - so they |
| joint is very unstable, it requires an elaborate system | | | | are well worth investigating if you are seeking healthier |
| of muscles and tendons to do its job. These muscles | | | | alternatives to pharmaceutical chemicals. |
| and tendons can easily get strained and injured from | | | | |