• You can be referred by your GP or other referral sources to our team of Physiotherapists.
• We only employ Qualified Physiotherapists who are HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council) registered and are members of the CSP (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy).

Try the ones on the website – repeat regularly during the day, little and often

• Avoid activities that provoke pain, such as repeated over head lifting/swimming/Tennis
• Do not however stop moving your arm completely – try to continue with normal daily activities
• Use an ice pack (frozen bag of peas) wrapped in a damp t-towel for 10 minutes x 7 times a day
• Seek GP advice on medication such as simple analgesia or anti-inflammatories

It can come on very gradually or quite suddenly ie. after trauma or such as throwing a ball for the dog! Symptoms include:-

• Pain over the top and outer shoulder
• Pain on lifting and above your head
• Pain on dressing or reaching behind you back
• Pain at night – sleep disturbance is very common
• Feeling of arm weakness or heaviness
• Pain can extend to the wrist and you may even experience pins and needles

• Most commonly the pain is due to inflammation on thickening of the tendons that move and support the shoulder (these are 4 muscles that work together and are collectively called the Rotator Cuff)
• Essentially the cuff muscles lie between an arch of bone at the top of the shoulder of the arm bones
• When you lift your arm the 2 bones compress the tendon and in time this can cause irritation and pain
• The other tissue that can be affected is known as a bursa. This is a protective sack of fluid that lies between the cuff tendon and the bones – it too can be inflamed by the compression of it during lifting of the arm

Shoulder impingements are a very common cause of shoulder pain. Typically pain is over the top of the shoulder and very commonly into the middle of the upper arm