Mind-Body Practices For Shoulder Pain

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The research is showing that chronic shoulder pain is far more complicated than training any singular muscle or even about the shoulder itself. Current research states, " treatments including physiotherapy and medication prescribed in primary care were also not shown to affect prognosis. In fact, the factors which best predicted poor prognosis were longer pain duration, higher pain intensity, co-existing neck pain, greater disability, and previous shoulder pain”
Additionally, "Their findings were consistent with those seen in other unilateral musculoskeletal conditions, and the authors suggested that the standard treatment approaches for shoulder pain that focus on the peripheral stimulus (steroid injections, physiotherapy) would have limited effectiveness for the management of people with central sensitisation patterns."
There is a lot of similarities of chronic low back pain and shoulder pain, "After exclusion of any red flags, people with musculoskeletal pain are effectively “triaged” for the presence of widespread pain, and adverse psychological and behavioural traits that are likely to be associated with a poorer prognosis. The subsequent management of the pain is tailored accordingly. This approach has already shown promise for patients presenting with low back pain in primary care , and the trial of this approach for pain at other sites is underway."
What has been shown to be very effective of forms of both myofascial stretching, breath work, and mind-body practices. These movements are from our Myofascial Integrated Movement system and you can read more about the science in the link above but also check out our upcoming 6-week online Shoulder Health & Performance Masterclass HERE:
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Reference: Walker-Bone, K., van der Windt, D.A. Shoulder Pain - Where Are We Now?. Curr Treat Options in Rheum 7, 285-306 (2021). doi.org/10.100...