Most people think that when they get shoulder pain, it’s just going to go away on its own.

That they’ll wake up one morning and like “magic”, it’ll be as if shoulder pain never happened…But then 6 months later you’re still living with the nagging pain…often even worse than it was when it started.

Does This Sound Like You?

Another scenario we see all the time in our physiotherapy clinic is when people go to the doctors, and the doctor tells them to rest, ”try these painkillers”, and told they need to “get an MRI.”

But this is rarely ever the best advice and often 6 weeks later, they end up going back to the doctor again because it hasn’t gotten any better. Told they have some scary findings (which may actually be fairly NORMAL findings). Worse, they’re often given yet another prescription of even stronger pills, and advised to rest MORE or referred for an injection as the only options. This explains why so many people are continuing to suffer from chronic shoulder pain and stiffness.

Has This Type of Thing Happened to You?

Well, it’s easy to get confused because you’ve been told different things, by different people. There are lots of people out there who are happy to give out advice – but not all of it is credible.

Maybe you think your shoulder pain was caused by doing something – like sitting for too long at the computer or sleeping awkwardly – maybe you had a previous accident and it still hasn’t gone away – often when shoulder pain comes on without a specific reason (no accidents or trauma), it is likely caused by years of poor posture and poor body mechanics that caused the muscles in your shoulder to get weak and now the compound effect of the awkward sleeping and sitting was the TIPPING POINT of exposing your shoulder issues.

If you don’t know what you’re doing wrong – shoulder pain can be very confusing and because of this, many people just end up accepting it as “part of life” – as if it’s normal, and “just the way it is.”

Do You Feel That Way Too?