Shoulder Pain Treatment Newcastle

Shoulder pain, stiffness and weakness can be debilitating leading to time off work; preventing holidays or severely limit your ability to perform sports, engage in hobbies and enjoy life with family and friends.

Do you want to be pain free fast?

Good news

Our expert Physiotherapists at Gosforth Physio and Wellness are highly skilled in diagnosis, treatment, education and prevention of shoulder pain and stiffness.

Treatment

We use our head before we use our hands!

Expert - Hands on treatment, acupuncture, dry needling and massage can help settle shoulder pain, tight muscles, stiff-locked joints, swelling and inflammation fast.

We do not keep you coming back week after week, month after month for unnecessary treatments (see our 'Better by 5'). We focus on the root cause fast and treat your pain quickly so you can move on with your life as fast as possible.

You can be sure that you’re placing your health in the right hands. Once a detailed assessment is completed and we have established your diagnosis all appropriate treatment options will be discussed with you and treatment given in the session.

Early diagnosis and treatment is essential to aid speedy recovery from shoulder pain and help prevent its recurrence.

Shoulder Pain Causes

Symptoms may be caused by local structures within or around the shoulder, or be referred from other sources including the neck or upper back. This is why it is vital to have an expert assessment to understand the exact nature and reason for your pain, stiffness or weakness.

Whatever the source of your symptoms, an inability to fully move your shoulder or a sore and painful shoulder can be very frustrating.

The good news is that it’s simple to fix in the majority of cases.

In most cases, if you are suffering shoulder pain it may because your muscles are simply not strong enough or they are imbalanced.

This is mainly due to the shoulder joint being the most mobile joint in the body. If you think about how much it actually moves and how often we use it, it makes sense that we may encounter a problem or injury with it at some point in our lives.

Shoulder instability can lead to numerous other conditions such as impingement, tendonitis or a muscle tear. However, the pain may also be referred from trapped nerves (neck), or may be the onset of a frozen shoulder or osteoarthritis.

Impingement

Shoulder impingement is pain from compression of soft tissues in and around the shoulder. The rotator cuff tendons and the subacromial bursa (fluid filled sack), become inflamed and painful between the upper arm bone (humerus) and roof of the shoulder (acromion) during certain movements of the shoulder, such as arm elevation.

Tendonitis

Rotator cuff tendonitis can lead to damage, inflammation and degeneration to one or more of the rotator cuff tendons. This is usually due to gradual wear and tear associated with over-use; however, it may also occur traumatically due to a specific injury.

Tendonitis can occur at any age, although it is usually seen in patients between the ages of 40 and 60 and usually in association with impingement or bursitis.

Rotator Cuff Tear

A tear of one or more rotator cuff muscles or tendons may occur, causing weakness and / or pain in the shoulder. This is usually during or after a pushing, pulling or lifting activity or a sudden movement often with the arm held overhead.

Pain in the shoulder may radiate into the upper arm and sometimes and may increase during lifting activities, especially with the arm outstretched or above the head when lying on the affected side.

Referred Pain

Pain referred into the shoulder from another source – such as the neck or upper back – may radiate symptoms above or below the shoulder, such as the neck, upper back, arm, elbow, forearm, wrist or fingers. This may lead to pins and needles or numbness in the affected arm or hand with some reduced grip strength.

We do not keep you coming back week after week, month after month for unnecessary treatments (see our 'Better by 5').