Is Your Shoulder Hurting? See Your Chiropractor to Help Relieve Your Pain!

Chiropractic treatment offers so many non-invasive options for your care. This treatment can be highly beneficial in taking care of pain associated with the shoulders and extremities. Basketball, tennis, volleyball, baseball, softball, swimming, football, and pickleball are sports where shoulder injuries are common. Everyday household duties such as hanging curtains, painting overhead, or gardening may also cause shoulder pain.

If you’re having pain in your shoulders make an appointment with the chiropractors at Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center!

Doctors of Chiropractic are Healthcare Practitioners are Trained to Treat Shoulders

The standard path of study to become a chiropractor entails roughly 7 years of education. Chiropractors treat issues of the back, neck, and spine. Because of this specialized knowledge and training, chiropractic care with so many non-invasive care options can also be highly beneficial in treating pain related to the shoulders and extremities. 

Shoulder problems are caused by a variety of ways. You don’t have to be an athlete to encounter aching shoulders.

Some Common Causes of Shoulder Pain

• Arthritis – Osteoarthritis initiates wear-and-tear in the shoulder joint, leading to pain and stiffness.
• Bursitis – Inflammation of the fluid-filled sac (bursa) that acts like a cushion, often caused by overuse, or linked to rotator cuff tendinitis.
• Frozen Shoulder – A condition that causes significant restriction in motion of your shoulder.
• Impingement – Arises when the top of the shoulder blade pinches the rotator cuff tendons.
• Injury and Instability – Shoulder dislocation or separation, often from falls or accidents.
• Rotator Cuff Disorders -This includes rotator cuff inflammation and tears, which usually causes pain when sleeping on the side or lifting the arm.

Less Common Causes of Shoulder Pain

• Calcific Tendonitis – Calcium formation within a tendon.
• Referred Pain – Pain originating from a pinched nerve in the neck or lung issues.
• Spine and Disc Issues – Problems in your spine and discs can send pain signals to the shoulder.
• Stress – Emotional tension and stress can lead to muscle tightness and inflammation.

Frozen Shoulder and How Chiropractic Care Can Help

A typical frozen shoulder results in pain in the shoulder joints or surrounding soft tissues. Abnormal adhesions build up in the joint and prevent your shoulder from moving freely.

Most frozen shoulder pain can be related to an irritation of the nerves in the thoracic spine (upper back) and lower neck. When shoulder pain originates in the back and spinal area, chiropractic care can be highly effective for treatment and shoulder pain relief.

Chiropractors say that patients with a frozen shoulder experience exceptional pain. It can also be debilitating and disabling. Putting on a shirt or brushing hair can become a painful ordeal. It can also cause sleep disturbance and result in insomnia.

Frozen shoulder pain can continue for years without proper analysis and care.

Rotator Cuff Injuries 

Another common shoulder problem is a rotator cuff disorder. The rotator cuff involves muscles and tendons that keep the ball of your humerus (upper arm bone) in your shoulder socket. Rotator cuff disorders can have many causes, so it happens to many people. Other causes of rotator cuff injuries: 

• Impingement syndrome
• Instability of the shoulder and collarbone joints
• Muscle imbalance
• Musculoskeletal diseases that result in the wasting of the cuff muscles

Risk Factors for Shoulder Injury 

• Arthritis of the shoulder joint can occur in numerous forms, including primary and secondary osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Shoulder pain can also be referred from other sites, particularly the cervical spine.
• Risk factors for shoulder problems include previous shoulder trauma, surgery, and diabetes.
• Rotator cuff degeneration with aging or line of work injuries.

Doctors of Chiropractic and Shoulder Care 

Chiropractors are highly skilled in various interventions for effective shoulder pain relief and treatment. Shoulder pain can be due to irritation of the nerves, tendons, muscles, and ligaments. 

Regardless of where your shoulder pain is located, you can count on your chiropractor to begin with a medical history review and a comprehensive physical examination. Chiropractic care should lead to a proficient diagnosis and determination of where the source of the pain is generated from.

Sometimes, the problem is located on the cervical spine or near the acromioclavicular joint (AC) that connects the shoulder blade (acromion) and the collarbone (clavicle). The AC joint plays a crucial role in stability, shoulder movement, and load transmission.  These areas will all be carefully examined to ensure an accurate diagnosis.

Once a precise physical cause is diagnosed, an appropriate chiropractic care plan can be identified. When a manual adjustment is recommended, many patients say pain relief can happen quickly, sometimes after the first adjustment. Often, returning to previous health requires a series of manual adjustments. Your Doctor of Chiropractic will go over the recommended care plan with you.

Chiropractic Care and Treatment Depends on Your Diagnosis

The treatment you receive from your Chiropractor at Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center, will depend on your diagnosis. Following are a few examples of what to expect in terms of treatment: 

• Active care exercises
• K-taping
• Laser therapy
• Manual manipulation and therapy
• Radial pulse wave therapy
• Soft tissue modalities
• Ultrasound

If your shoulder problem is something that your Doctor of Chiropractic cannot treat, you’ll be referred to a qualified medical practitioner.

Make an Appointment for a Consultation Today

A chiropractor can help relieve your shoulder pain and accelerate healing using spinal alignment and manual manipulation on the spine and shoulder joint to restore proper movement. Chiropractors offer non-invasive, holistic, and drug-free healthcare that focuses on promoting natural healing. They treat the whole person, not just the symptoms, using manual adjustments, therapeutic exercises, and lifestyle recommendations to improve overall well-being and reduce pain. 

Chiropractic treatment concentrates on improving joint mobility and breaking down scar tissue in your shoulder. Our highly skilled chiropractors can help return your shoulder to less pain and more mobility.

If you’re experiencing shoulder pain or discomfort, now is the time to make an appointment at Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center for an evaluation. Please call our office at (512) 806-0015 or contact us online for an appointment.