Shoulder / Arm Pain

If you have shoulder or arm pain, your chiropractor in Olathe, KS can help.
The shoulder is one of the most complicated joints of the human body due to its muscular complexity.

Common Causes of Shoulder and Arm Pain

• Rotator Cuff Injuries: This includes tears, tendinitis, or bursitis in the group of muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint, providing stability and allowing for a range of motion.
• Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis): This condition involves the thickening and tightening of the shoulder joint capsule, leading to pain and significant loss of motion.
• Shoulder Impingement: Occurs when the tendons of the rotator cuff get compressed during shoulder movements, leading to pain and inflammation.
• Arthritis: Specifically, osteoarthritis can affect the shoulder, causing pain due to the degeneration of cartilage within the joint, leading to stiffness and reduced mobility.
• Cervical nerve compression: This is when the nerves in your neck become compressed and those nerves travel into your arms and hands.

Symptoms of Neck Pain

• Pain: Pain can range from dull and achy to sharp and severe. You might feel pain when you lift your arm above your head, move it forward or behind your back, or when you're at rest or at night. 
• Other sensations: You might feel a clicking, popping, or grinding sensation when you move your arm. Your shoulder might also feel loose, like it could pop or slide out of place. 
• Other symptoms: You might also experience weakness, stiffness, numbness, tingling, or changes in temperature or color. Your shoulder might also feel warm or red, or you might have neck, arm, or back pain.

Treatment and at Home Remedies

• Heat or ice: Apply ice to your shoulder or arm for the first 48–72 hours to reduce inflammation, then switch to heat. You can use an ice pack or ice wrapped in a towel, or apply heat with a heating pad, warm compress, or warm shower. 
• Exercises: Once the worst of the pain has passed, you can try gentle exercises and stretches.
• Posture: Try to maintain good posture when sitting or walking. You can adjust your desk furniture so your computer is level with your eyes, and use headphones or a speakerphone instead of holding your phone between your ears and shoulder. You can also take frequent breaks to get up and move around. 
• Our Cervical Pillow sold at the office
• Chiropractic Adjustment: this will increase shoulder and arm range of motion and decrease inflammation
• Decompression Therapy: this will improve nerve compression and joint health of your neck causing the nerve pain into your arm.
• Hydromassage: 10 minutes will improve your neck muscle soreness to decrease the inflammation compressing the nerve pain into your arm.
• Our Desensitize program, which you can read here an start today at home.

Schedule an appointment and find out how Woodroof Chiropractic can help your shoulder and arm pain.