What to do About Shoulder Pain

Shoulder pain is something I see a lot during throwing sport and hitting sport seasons.  Baseball, softball, volleyball - they all use their arms a lot and this can lead to overtraining.   Contact sports and collision sports can also lead to shoulder problems from constant impact and trauma.  

Here are 3 things to do when having shoulder pain

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1)  MUSCLE ACTIVATION TECHNIQUES ASSESSMENT

An MAT assessment will determine if the issue is most likely a muscular related issue AND it will figure out where the pain issue is coming from.   MAT uses specific range of motion to see where the in the body the muscular system is not functioning well enough to stabilize the joints involved and causing the pain.  

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2)  REDUCE FORCES  

If you are having shoulder pain, a simple thing to do is to lower the weight being used and reduce the overall forces on the area you feel the pain.  This goes for weight lifting, playing sports, and in daily activities.  So you could reduce the weight involved, reduce the sets / reps being done, and even ask for more help with your daily activities - all to reduce forces and allow healing to take place more.   You can also go slowly during weight lifting in order to reduce forces.  

Action Step:   begin by reducing weight involved in the affected area and gradually go back up in weight once it is feeling back to 100%

3)  REDUCE RANGE OF MOTION OF EXERCISES

A lot of times when there is pain, its at end ranges and middle ranges can still be trained.    So if an end range feels painful, the rest of the range of motion could potentially be trained with an appropriate weight.   Range of motion, just like the weight being lifted, can be appropriately progressed once it begins to feel better.  

Action Step:   go slow and pay attention to where in the range of motion the pain is occurring during exercise and only lift weight in ranges that feel perfectly fine with no pain

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