by admin | Nov 12, 2021 | Shoulder
Home /Shoulder When do I need an MRI and how will this guide treatment? Medical imaging such as X-rays, MRIs, Ultrasound, and others can be a great tool when worried about a medical emergency or planning for surgery. Unfortunately, outside of this, they often do more...
by admin | Nov 12, 2021 | Shoulder
Home /Shoulder How physical therapy can help shoulder arthritis The shoulder (glenohumeral) joint is the third most common joint for arthritis, with the knee and hip being one and two, respectively. Many people with shoulder arthritis have a past history of trauma,...
by admin | Nov 12, 2021 | Shoulder
Home /Shoulder When is someone with shoulder pain not a candidate for PT? Like many parts of the body, non- neuro-muscular-skeletal conditions can refer pain to the shoulder. These include heart, liver, stomach, pancreas, Pancoast’s tumor and spleen. On your first...
by admin | Nov 12, 2021 | Shoulder
Home /Shoulder Can the neck be involved with shoulder pain? If your shoulder pain is in the region between the neck and the shoulder, between or around the shoulder blades or you have both neck and shoulder pain, odds are the neck is involved. In the 1950’s, a study...
by admin | Nov 12, 2021 | Shoulder
Home /Shoulder How physical therapy can help a frozen shoulder Frozen shoulder, or Adhesive Capsulitis, refers to an inflammatory condition that causes fibrosis of the shoulder joint capsule and is accompanied by a gradual progression of stiffness and loss of range of...
by admin | Nov 12, 2021 | Shoulder
Home /Shoulder How physical therapy can help a turn rotator cuff The idea of physical therapy helping with a torn muscle may seem very counterintuitive. However, research has failed to show surgery as a superior intervention than physical therapy and has significantly...