Our shoulders and elbows help us do everything from lifting objects to performing exercise. However, they aren’t safe from pain and injury. Daily activities and medical conditions can trigger an achy shoulder or elbow that can, in turn, prevent you from moving freely.
If you’re dealing with shoulder pain, shoulder impingement might be the culprit. It often causes pinched muscles, tendons, or soft tissues in your shoulder. With shoulder impingement syndrome (or swimmer’s shoulder) you won’t be able to reach overhead. Plus, the pain can disrupt your sleep and limit your movement.
An aching elbow might stop you from performing everyday tasks, too. After all, some elbow injuries and musculoskeletal ailments can trigger elbow pain. Most of the time, discomfort in the elbow is a mild condition. But the pain can persist for longer if left untreated.
By treating your aching shoulder or elbow, you’ll be able to move freely and perform activities like normal again. For less serious cases, you can manage your pain with simple remedies like rest and medicine. But if the pain persists, getting proper care is imperative.
There are a range of remedies for your shoulder and elbow that are available. A chiropractor or a physical therapist might help you relieve that pain, for instance. LifeClinic can work with you to relieve your achy shoulder or elbow. Our shoulder and elbow pain treatments will restore, maintain, and optimize your body’s function. Through our care, you can stay healthy and active.
Regain your range of motion with natural, effective remedies for your impinged shoulder or achy elbow. Turn LifeClinic into your partner for recovery.
Fix Shoulder Impingement & Elbow Pain
LifeClinic can help you manage a painful shoulder or elbow with chiropractic care and physical therapy. Let’s take a look at how these treatments work.
Consult a Chiropractor for Shoulder Impingement
Chiropractic care is a safe, natural remedy for an impinged shoulder. We provide relief with the following treatments.
- Chiropractic Adjustment – We’ll adjust your shoulder to help ease your pain and make your joints move freely.
- Soft Tissue Therapy – Our soft tissue therapy involves using the Graston technique, which targets your shoulder’s tissues. It can help treat scar tissue, adhesions, and trigger points within your shoulder.
- Exercise Program – We may recommend specific exercises for your shoulder, too. You can stretch and strengthen tissues, move properly, and avoid shoulder impingement through our exercise program.
Treat a Sore Elbow with Chiropractic Care
You can also get chiropractic care to ease your achy elbow. Here’s what you can expect from our chiropractors for elbow pain.
- Initial Consultation – During your first visit, we’ll conduct an interview and physical examination. Then, we’ll create your elbow pain treatment plan based on our findings.
- Chiropractic Adjustment – Our adjustments will help restore elbow joint movement. Additionally, we can address reduced motion and misaligned joints with our chiropractic adjustments.
- Soft Tissue Therapy – We may also treat your elbow with the Graston technique for soft tissues. We’ll perform this therapy to help treat pain for your elbow’s soft tissues.
Ease an Aching Shoulder Through Physical Therapy
Physical therapy can be part of your shoulder impingement treatment plan, too. With our physical therapy services, your shoulder can feel and move better.
- Manual Therapy – We can help restore proper movement to your shoulder through manual therapies like joint adjustments.
- Corrective Exercises – We’ll also include range-of-motion and strengthening exercises in your treatment plan. They may help improve your shoulder’s movement and your rotator cuff’s strength.
- Patient Education – In this phase of physical therapy, we’ll help you maintain the right posture. We can also make suggestions like how to improve your work station, for instance.
Get Physical Therapy for Elbow Pain
We can perform physical therapy on your elbow, as well. Your treatment plan might include the following remedies for your elbow pain.
- Manual Therapy – With manual therapy, your elbow’s joints can move more freely. It can even help with elbow pain relief.
- Exercise Program – We’ll also suggest exercises for your elbow. These exercises can help you achieve stronger forearm muscles and reduce tendon sensitivity.
- Passive Therapy – We can even combine manual therapy and exercises with other treatments like heat and ice therapy for a less painful elbow.
