Conditions
Shoulder pain that pinches or niggles all day?
Desk work loads your shoulders for hours. Let's find out what's driving yours.
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Sound familiar?
- Tight across the top of your shoulders by the end of the day
- A dull ache in or around the shoulder blade
- A pinching pain when you reach overhead or behind your back
- Rounded shoulders you notice in photos
- Massage helps for a day, then it's back
What's going on
Hours of typing with your arms forward pull your shoulders round and keep the muscles across your upper back working nonstop. Some get tight and sensitised. Others get weak from being held on stretch. The shoulder joint stops moving the way it should, and sometimes the pain is coming from your neck, not your shoulder at all.
Why it keeps coming back
Massage loosens tight muscles, but it doesn't strengthen the weak ones or change how your shoulder moves. Your desk keeps loading the same pattern, and the niggle keeps returning.
How I treat it
Your first visit includes a full assessment and your first treatment on the same day. Then you choose your path:
Symptomatic approach
We treat until the pain is gone. Then you're done.
Corrective approach
First, we get you out of pain. Then we keep going, improving your shoulder and upper back movement, posture and strength so the problem stops coming back and your body becomes resilient and fit.
Try this today
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Is your shoulder sitting right?
Your shoulder moves more than any other joint in your body. The trade-off is stability. When the muscles around it get tight, tender and sensitised, your shoulder blade stops sitting and moving the way it should. Stand in front of a mirror with your arms relaxed. Does one shoulder sit higher than the other? Are your shoulders rolling forward? Either can be a sign of an imbalance that overloads and irritates the shoulder tendons.
Want it properly checked? Book first visit