Are you struggling with shoulder pain?
Having problems dressing and undressing?
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Shoulder Pain Survival Guide
Wii Shoulder - Wii Sports InjuryWell, here we are at yet another new frontier post for this intrepid shoulder doc! I'm about to take a big jump into "virtuality." Going to reinvent myself as a little Mii - chasing round after the mii joggers with a little kitbag, popping up in the yoga studio, waving from the audience at the step class - you get the picture.
Been playing Wii sports, Wii Golf, Wii Rockband (axe hero of course) all Christmas and my shoulder is giving me real grief. Quick google search reveals that not only am I not alone .... there are millions of you out there with the same thing.
So - here's the deal. Leave me your comments about any
Wii injuries you've had and I'll pull them together into an article - can't wait to read your stories.
Now - my turn again on Rockband .... Rock, rock, rockaway beach - rock rock rockaway beach ...........
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Are you struggling with shoulder pain?
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The rotator cuff is the group of muscles that surrounds and supports the shoulder as it moves. These are small muscles but incredibly important for day to day function. Problems with the rotator cuff can arise after injury or as a result of overuse or - in older people - because of degeneration changes.
There are lots of options for treating problems in these muscles - ranging from oral pain killers right through to advanced open sugery techniques. But - in my view and it's shared by many shoulder pain experts - the best initial approach to this kind of problem is with
rotator cuff exercises.
You can use these shoulder exercise programs to both give pain relief and to provide strength - thus helping to reduce the risk of the problems coming back again.
You can read more about the rotator cuff and about how to treat problems with it on my page of
expert shoulder reports here.
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It's always a bit confusing for a patient if they experience
both neck and shoulder pain at the same time.
Which one is the trigger? Does the neck pain
provoke the shoulder pain or is it the other way around.
I've written lots elsewhere on this site about the issues surrounding referred pain patterns and explained how pain that seems to originate in one part of the body can actually be coming from somewhere else - but how can you begin to sort this out if it's you who has the problem?
Neck pain usually - well, often actually - spreads down to the shoulder and sometimes onwards down the arm. This can arise either due to referred pain from the joints and gristle of the neck - or it can be triggered by a trapped or inflamed cervical nerve root.
Pain spreading from the shoulder upwards to the neck is more unusual - and typically indicates spasm in the trapezius muscle.
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Should you have an operation on your neck?
Neck surgery is a daunting prospect for many people - and of course with good reason. The tecniques and skills of surgeons have improved hugely in recent years but you can't get away from the fact that the main nerves and arteries of the body run through the neck region.
But some of us do eventually
need a neck operation to relieve pressure on a nerve or to deal with wear and tear in the joints.
In response to frequent prompting I've written a detailed expert report on the subject. Its called
Neck Surgery - Should You Have An Operation On Your Neck - it's available for download now.
I hope you find it helpful.
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As a doctor with a special interest in
shoulder pain I get asked a lot of questions about steroid injections.
"Will a steroid injection help my shoulder?"
"Is a cortisone shot dangerous?"
"Are steroid injections for the shoulder painful"
I must have answered a thousand emails on the subject over the years, I've given lectures about it and written articles for books and journals. And so .... at last you might say .... I've pulled all that I know together for your benefit. I've been busy crafting a detailed series of expert reports on topics related to neck and shoulder symptoms. One of the most popular is the one about
Steroid Injections for Shoulder Pain.
Take a look - I hope you like it.
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Are you struggling with shoulder pain?
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New Expert Reports on shoulder pain topicsAs many of you who read this will know, getting high quality and easy to read information about shoulder pain out there into the world has been a mission of mine for years.
I try very hard to simplify complex topics and to demystify the workings of the body. My various websites relating to
shoulder pain,
blood pressure and other topics have focussed on this approach - and been popular as a result.
Well .... now I plan to take it to the next level. I'm in the process of pulling together a large collection of free
shoulder pain articles - and from there I'll be offering a range of Expert Reports on very specific shoulder pain topics. Quite simply the kind of information you can't get anywhere else online or in print.
Each expert report will be written on a very tight topic but jam packed with detailed information - giving you the next best thing to a one on one session with me.
I hope to launch the first of these reports in the next few days - so
check this page for details.
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