Non specific shoulder pain

Patients are often referred to see me with a complaint of shoulder and neck discomfort. This tends to occur following repetitive use of the arm over long periods of time for example people who do manual work involving use of the arm on a consistent daily basis. We will check for any evidence for nerve injury but often the nerves are normal. Stretching and strengthening of the shoulder muscles is the main form of management. In this video I briefly explain what happens in chronic shoulder discomfort and then Sophie does a demonstration of the shoulder muscles and what they do.

In the next videos there will be a demonstration of shoulder strengthening and stretching exercises.

Obviously if you have severe pain, or it came on suddenly or with an injury or you can't really move your arm you should see a healthcare professional before starting these exercises.