Exercise is essential for both your physical and mental health. While it’s often used as a way to improve your overall lifestyle and wellness, the right exercises can also help to alleviate issues that are impacting your quality of life, such as a painful shoulder...
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12 pinched nerve in the shoulder symptoms to pay attention to
You may have experienced a momentarily tingling sensation or a dull ache in your shoulders after a long day at work or an intense workout. What do you do when that pain doesn’t go away? What do you do if that pain becomes worse and also causes numbness and weakness?...
Shoulder pain radiating down arm: Causes and treatments
It’s estimated that approximately 18% to 26% of people are affected by shoulder pain at any given time, making it a common pain syndrome to experience. Shoulder pain can be extremely disruptive to everyday life, making even simple tasks seem difficult. This is...
Shoulder pain and 4 other surprising TMJ symptoms
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder affects up to 12% of people, restricting the jaw joint and its associated muscles. While pain and discomfort in your jaw are the most common symptoms of TMJ disorder, many people also experience pain and discomfort in other parts...
3 ways dry needling near you can help ease shoulder and neck pain
Shoulder and neck pain are common complaints among adults and can be caused by a variety of factors. Overuse, injury, poor posture, and age-related conditions can all contribute to pain and discomfort in the neck and shoulders. If you are experiencing chronic pain in...
3 physical therapy exercises that can help your biceps tendinitis
Biceps tendinitis is a painful injury, caused by microscopic tears in the tendons that connect the biceps muscle to the bone. This can come about as a result of repetitive motion, such as those done by competitive athletes like tennis or baseball players. Symptoms of...
How much physical therapy do I need after rotator cuff surgery?
Have a torn rotator cuff that isn’t responding to nonsurgical treatments? Then you will probably soon be one of the up to 250,000 Americans who have rotator cuff repair surgery annually. Fortunately, this type of surgery is generally successful. But it can take some...
Three common shoulder injuries from falling
You’re walking around your house. You stumble on the edge of a rug and fall on your shoulder. Such a scenario is a fairly common one, and it can have serious consequences. For instance, many common shoulder injuries result from falling, and falls are often a source...
Two shoulder injuries you could get from a fall
Falling is one of the most common ways to injure yourself. In fact, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) reports that more than 2.8 million fall injuries are treated by hospital emergency rooms every year. Many of these include shoulder injuries, and it’s important to...