Your Oxnard Chiropractor Won't Let You Play With Shoulder Pain
ByDr. Donald Bolt, your Oxnard Chiropractor, knows that your shoulders work hard for you. They are expected to execute a large number of movements during your day. Whether you’re working or playing, this variety of complex motion helps you to do what you need to do. But, you have been overburdening your shoulders if you are currently suffering from shoulder pain. In other words, you might be engaging in repetitive activities like lifting and other arm movements, especially those done overhead, like throwing a baseball, swinging a golf club or tennis racket, or just placing objects on high shelves. Nerve inflammation, joint stress, and wear and tear of the tissues surrounding the shoulder joints can happen as the result of these types of repetitive activities. Actually, if your shoulder is healthy, these repetitive movements shouldn’t produce pain. But, if you are suffering from pain in your shoulder, it is an indication that there’s a dysfunction that needs to be addressed.
Shoulder muscles can become tight, and even weak, if the nerves are inflamed, and movement is painful and limited. This commonly happens in the ligaments and a group of muscles (and their tendon attachments) referred to as the rotator cuff. These muscles and tendons attach your upper arm bone with your shoulder blade and also help to lock the ball of your upper arm stably in its shoulder socket. It is the arrangement of this elegant combination that affords the opportunity for the greatest range of motion of any joint in your body.
The severity of this shoulder impingement syndrome can extend from a slight “catching” pain with activity (particularly raising your arm overhead), to an almost total loss of ability to use the shoulder. Do not, under any circumstance either ignore your shoulder pain or keep doing an activity while in pain. It is essential for you to get help for your shoulder pain as quickly as you can because the problem will only go from bad to worse. Unhappily, if left untreated, some shoulder problems, such as Rotator Cuff Syndrome, often end up requiring surgery and extensive rehabilitation.
Your Chiropractor in Oxnard, Dr. Bolt, is an authority when it comes to muscular-skeletal conditions, and he’s very knowledgeable about what to do to relieve your suffering. And because chiropractic care focuses on the reason for your shoulder pain, it is treated at its source. Dr. Bolt will help to restore natural mobility to your shoulder joints, and he will talk to you about rehabilitation exercises that will not only support you in getting rid of your current shoulder problem, but will help to prevent shoulder problems in the future.
