| Shoulder pain is a very common condition which | | | | mobility and flexibility in your shoulder, and to extend |
| affects millions of people around the world for various | | | | your range of motion and relieve stiffness and pain. |
| reasons. However, if your injury is not severe enough | | | | * Exercises - used to encourage regrowth of |
| to warrant surgery, or if you've already undergone | | | | damaged tissue in the shoulder, strengthen the internal |
| surgery and want to kickstart your post-surgical | | | | core muscles of the shoulder joint (the rotator cuff) |
| shoulder rehab, this article is for you. | | | | and relieve pain. |
| I used to suffer from shoulder pain, after I injured it | | | | * Hot/cold - use heat pads before stretching and |
| weight training in the gym. I tore my rotator cuff and | | | | exercising to warm up your muscles and prepare |
| ended up with severe pain on the front of my shoulder, | | | | them for movement. It also draws blood into the area |
| and a dull ache in the back. It was terrible to live with, | | | | which promotes and stimulates the healing process. Ice |
| as I'm sure you're aware. I visited a doctor, but he just | | | | is used after exercise to reduce swelling and numb |
| told me to rest. | | | | any immediate pain. Less swelling means the body can |
| Instead, I started researching shoulder injuries and | | | | do it's work of healing more effectively. |
| shoulder pain in libraries, on the web, by talking to | | | | I used these home physiotherapy techniques myself to |
| physiotherapists, personal trainers, doctors and anyone | | | | overcome my shoulder pain. In a few weeks of using |
| who'd had any experience of shoulder pain before. | | | | this sytem every day or two, I was back to normal |
| They all told me one thing: shoulder pain usually comes | | | | with a healthy, supple, flexible and pain-free shoulder |
| because of damage which can be easily repaired at | | | | joint. At last! I basically became my own |
| home with the following techniques: | | | | physiotherapist, treated my injury and so the pain |
| * Stretching - used to gently and gradually improve | | | | disappeared. |