| I used to suffer from severe shoulder pain. You | | | | is an excellent and effective treatment for shoulder |
| probably know what it's like - stinging, nagging, sharp | | | | pain. Unfortunately, I couldn't afford a professional, since |
| and sore, it is constantly on your mind throughout the | | | | they can charge as much as $100 per hour, and pretty |
| day, and can keep you up all throughout the night, not | | | | much every shoulder injury is going to require at least |
| letting you have a wink of sleep because it hurts too | | | | 5-10 hours of treatment over the course of a few |
| bad. | | | | weeks. |
| After visiting the doctor, I was told I should rest, and | | | | So instead, I learned how to use physiotherapy myself. |
| take anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce swelling and | | | | That might sound complicated, but it's actually very |
| numb my body to the pain. I thought that would work | | | | easy. A few simple stretches and exercises at home. |
| well, and for a few weeks it did. However, as soon as | | | | After putting them into practice for a few weeks, my |
| I stopped taking the drugs, the pain came right back. | | | | shoulder pain had completely disappeared, and I could |
| The shoulder pain came back because I hadn't treated | | | | get back to normal life. |
| the cause and source of the pain. I'd just covered it up | | | | So that's my number one top tip, as a previous |
| with pain blocking pills. If you don't cure the cause of | | | | shoulder pain sufferer - learn about physiotherapy you |
| the pain, the pain (which is a symptom of the cause) | | | | can do on your own in your own home. It only takes a |
| will persist. Treating the source is absolutely essential | | | | few minutes a day, doesn't require any special |
| to stopping shoulder pain. | | | | equipment and is easy to do. And best of all, it's very |
| After much research, I discovered that physiotherapy | | | | effective at treating shoulder pain. |