Shoulder discomfort can be an arm you can’t lift or lay on to sleep which could be classified as glenohumeral joint wear, frozen shoulder or rotator cuff pathology. Rotator cuff issues can also be medically classified as impingement or subacromial syndrome. Different medical names exist for what is ostensibly muscular imbalance.
Muscle imbalance can lead to frozen shoulder (with the right inflammatory environment), joint wear can also be caused by muscular imbalance and once imbalance has been ‘ignored’ for long enough it will progress to rotator cuff pathology.
The shoulder is integral to sitting posture, the sitting to stand movement, and thoracic spine flexibility, is the foundation for neck and shoulder tension and a well-known compensation strategy in sacroiliac syndrome.
Prehension is the act of grasping out in front of you using the arms together. Every-day examples include driving or using a keyboard. Prehension muscular imbalance patterns guide rehabilitation programmes, and were published in the 1990’s. If your muscles are out of balance then recovery should be a few weeks, but if muscles are inhibited this means they simply aren’t switching on when they should. The stimulation of these muscles back into life is a fine line and very easy to over-do it. People can go for years / even decades with shoulder discomfort.
The rotator cuff are a group of muscles with very different functions. The two most common to strain, tear or partially tear are the supraspinatus and the subscapularis. The subscapularis is commonly associated with concomitant biceps muscle issues. Both require careful hands-on adjustments and specialised rehabilitative movements.
Before rehabilitation is embarked upon Lee looks to bring balance to your body and to stimulate inhibited muscles, correcting the underlying sacroiliac syndrome, so that your shoulder rehabilitative efforts are effective.