Manage Your Shoulder and Back Pain
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winter: August 28 2024 |
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| Shoulder pain and the treatment of shoulder pain is an area of research that has progressed so much over the last few years. Rotator Cuff related shoulder pain (including bursitis, subacromial impingment and rotator cuff tendon injuries) and the progress that can be made with exercise and education has been clearly demonstrated. Injectables have short and long term side effects, surgery is costly and time consuming. Over 1-2 years physio and exercise has shown the same outcomes as the other 2 options. It does require some commitment, and yes, you have to do something to help yourself, but if you are willing to do that it is most likely to be your initial first approach. Frozen shoulder is another not uncommon shoulder problem we see at Physiologix. Again the research is constantly gaining ground with better approaches, this time with a corticosteroid into the shoulder joint, coupled with physio exercises and mobilisation being most beneficial. You can read more about frozen shoulder in our article below. And lastly this month we focus on the use of clinical pilates and its management of low back pain and why at Physiologix, we believe our approach is so successful. Learning how to move again, learning how to move well, to have strength in the right areas to help support your back, to not need to protect the back as you move, to regain your ability to function day to day with your back, as key goals in what we base your program on. Again you can read more about this in our article below. Hoping you are all keeping active despite the damp and cool of winter - remember use it or lose it! and if you are scared, worried, not sure about what is ok to do or how to do it, make sure you chat to one of our physios to help guide you. Exercise is key to good physical and mental health, good general health overall. Our passion at Physiologix is to keep you active! |
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Physiologix Clinical Pilates for Back and Neck Pain.
There is slowly emerging research about Functional Behavioural Therapy and its clear benefits in treating low back pain. We take many of the components of this therapy and use it within our clinical Pilates. You work in a small group, this is fun, social, gives you a chance to chat to others going through similar issues. Your program is designed individually for you, in conjunction with a physio. This allows us to help you learn to move safely again. As you gain confidence we can start to help you return to tasks you previously believed you had to avoid or could not do. 
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Physio for Frozen Shoulder
Frozen shoulder or “adhesive capsulitis”Frozen shoulder or “adhesive capsulitis” is the development of a very stiff shoulder which can be very painful in the initial stages. It typically affects those in there 40’s-60’s. As yet an understanding we don’t totally understand how frozen shoulder occurs. The capsule around the shoulder becomes highly painful and then contracts to become stiff. Contributing factors to the cause of frozen shoulder
* genetics How do you know if you have frozen shoulder?
Over many months the shoulder will become less painful but remain very stiff and restricted in movement – this is know as the “frozen phase”. Over yet more months the shoulder will slowly improve with the range coming back, know as the “thawing phase”. Diagnosis of frozen shoulder can be confirmed on imaging, together with your symptoms and the range of movement you have available in the shoulder joint. Xray can be a very useful scan to have to rule out several other possible causes of your shoulder pain.
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We help many clients at Physiologix with back and neck pain using clinical Pilates. There is an overall lack of clear evidence in the literature that Pilates can help prevent back pain so why is it that we have such success with our clinical Pilates?
In this blog, we hope to bring you the latest research about frozen shoulder and how physio can help.
These include:
If you have any of the above contributing factors then this places you at great risk of having frozen shoulder. Typically the condition begins with considerable constant shoulder pain. The actual reason for the pain remains unclear. The shoulder becomes restricted in movement as the capsule contracts, typically in movements reaching the arm outwards, behind you or overhead. This is known as the “freezing phase”.