Shoulder Treatment by Physiotherapy

Shoulder problems may be broadly classified into two 1.Age related 2.Injury/Work related Age related pain of shoulder is very common and leads to restriction of movement.This is often termed as FROZEN SHOULDER.Your physio may use certain manual tests which may help in diagnosing the exact cause of movement restriction.If manual tests are inconclusive,you may be referred for X ray or Scan depending on need.Most of the cases of shoulder pain in elderly may test your patience due to the slow speed of recovery.Its further affected if patient is a diabetic.Once on course of treatment you are supposed to follow it regularly for few days, it may comprise electrotherapy modalities,exercises and manual intervention. Injury of shoulder, particularly in athletes is another common reason for shoulder related physio visit.In both cases i.e overuse or acute injury, the problem gets worsened because of delay in meeting your physio.These injuries need to be immediately attended to but in most cases athlete tries to overcome pain and continue with sport activity.Sometimes injury may worsen eg:a moderate muscle tear may get more complicated just because of continuing with the sport activity.In sports injuries, cause of injury eg. way of falling or impact of force may give helpful clues to diagnose it.Many modern approaches and techniques have made present day physio well equipped with better treatment for shoulder related sports injury.Rehabilitation of this kind of injury is done with two things in mind i.e. part of the shoulder complex which is involved and the sport that this sportsperson plays.