In this week’s episode of Your Health Matters, I share about shoulder impingement. I’ve experienced it and it’s pretty common for overhead athletes, swimmers, or those who do repetitive overhead reaching. Even if you are not an overhead athlete, a swimmer, or you don’t do repetitive overhead reaching, you should listen to this episode so you know what to do in case you get shoulder impingement injury. 
 
Tune in so you can have a better understanding about this diagnosis and how to decrease your pain if you experience this
 
In this episode we discuss: 
 
[0:20] Explanation of how shoulder impingement feels  
[0:39] What is shoulder impingement 
[2:08] My experience with shoulder impingement 
[2:37] Is it common for overhead athletes 
[2:54] The common treatments for shoulder impingement 
[3:12] Surgery for shoulder impingement 
[4:12] What’s the best cure for shoulder impingement based on my experiences
[4:35] Trying to get patients to move their arm 
[5:30] Joint mobilizations 
[6:20] Strengthening the rotator cuff muscles 
[6:54] Strengthening the muscles between the shoulder blades 
[7:13] Start to get back into your activities 
[8:07] How long is the process of healing shoulder impingement through physical therapy 
[8:20] Why surgery is not necessary to treat shoulder impingement injury
[9:09] Why physical therapy is preferred to treat shoulder impingement injury 
[9:33] Recap






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