| > | | | | using my injured arm. I could carry on using the |
| The fascinating thing about shoulder pain is that no | | | | computer but I had to move my phone to the right side |
| matter how you have managed to injure your | | | | and even the place mat for my coffee mug moved |
| shoulder, exercise will feature in the treatment. I am not | | | | across. At home, I had to reduce the amount of play |
| suggesting for one moment that you head off to the | | | | with the kids and allow my wife to help me get |
| gym and start working out. That is a guaranteed way | | | | dressed. Do it yourself and gardening had to go for a |
| to end up needing surgery. | | | | few weeks too. Alongside this change in routine I |
| The fascinating thing about shoulder pain is that no | | | | started taking maximum dose ibuprofen to help with |
| matter how you have managed to injure your | | | | the inflammation. |
| shoulder, exercise is going to feature in the | | | | I started to see an improvement in three weeks, the |
| rehabilitation. I am not suggesting for one moment that | | | | pain started to subside and some of the movement |
| you head off to the gym and start working out. That | | | | became easier. I was then able to start some Pilates |
| is the best way to guarantee you a place in the queue | | | | based shoulder exercises to strengthen and stabilise |
| for surgery. | | | | my damaged shoulder. |
| Nearly all shoulder pain treatment requires a period of | | | | Having suffered from worseneing pain for several |
| rest usually coupled with anti-inflammatory drugs and | | | | months my shoulder was back to full pain free |
| pain relief. It is vital that you let a shoulder injury heal | | | | movement in aroound six weeks of starting the |
| properly by letting it rest properly. Depending on the | | | | exercises. |
| injury and what you do for a job, this might well involve | | | | So, to rest your shoulder properly and not try to |
| some fairly radical changes to your daily routine. | | | | carry on. Think about your daily routine and what is |
| To give you an example. | | | | painful to do and then avoid doing those actions. A |
| I tore my rotator cuff at the end of last year and | | | | week or two of inconvenience is a small proce to pay |
| despite my doctor telling me to rest, I carried on more | | | | to prevent months of pain and even prevent you |
| or less as normal, occasionally suffering pain when I | | | | needing corrective surgery. It is definitely worth the |
| forgot about my shoulder and moved my arm above | | | | trouble. |
| shoulder height. My shoulder deteriorated until I decided | | | | And remember, your shoulder is a complex joint with |
| to exactly follow his advice and rest it completely. This | | | | seventeen different muscles as well as ligaments, |
| involved giving up driving for starters. I am lucky in that I | | | | cartilage and tendons. It is always worth getting a |
| work at a desk so it was fairly easy to avoid using my | | | | doctors advice if you have persistent shoulder pain. |
| shoulder. I had to rearrange my desk at work to avoid | | | | |