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Do you suffer from pain around the shoulder and have difficulty moving your upper arm upward? These are typical symptoms for impingement syndrome.
Shoulder problems can have a lot of impact on your daily life, which is why it is important to consult a health care provider early.
In this article, you can read more about impingement syndrome and how a chiropractor can help you with it.
The shoulder is a joint composed of three bone pieces: the upper arm, the scapula and the clavicle. Around the shoulder joint is a joint capsule. Around it lie muscles and tendons.
All of these structures provide strength to the shoulder joint and allow movement. Between the bones and tendons of the muscles, there is bursa. A bursa is a sac filled with fluid that allows structures to move smoothly over each other.
The shoulder is a complex composition of all kinds of different types of structures. All these structures need sufficient space to function properly. In impingement syndrome, there is an entrapment of a structure in the shoulder. As a result, complaints arise.
The entrapment is usually in the space between the shoulder blade (the upper part of the shoulder blade) and the upper part of the bone of the upper arm. This space is known as the subacromial space.
For this reason, impingement in the subacromial space is also known as subacromial pain syndrome. This space includes muscles, tendons, ligaments and a bursa. Therefore, there are several structures that can become trapped and cause pain.
The Impingement syndrome occurs when a certain structure takes up more space than normal. Therefore, one of the common causes of impingement syndrome is overuse.
In fact, overused muscles and tendons swell, leaving less space in the shoulder and causing pain. In addition, overuse or aging can cause calcium to form in the tendons. This calcium causes an inflammatory reaction and therefore swelling.
Another cause of impingement syndrome is an abnormal position of the bones in the shoulder, which reduces the subacromial space and causes symptoms to develop more quickly. An imbalance between the muscles in the shoulder can also cause the structures around the shoulder to not stay in place properly and cause entrapment.
Impingement syndrome is characterized by pain around the shoulder joint. The pain can be both stabbing and nagging and gets worse when you move the upper arm upward. For this reason, you may have difficulty performing everyday tasks, such as dressing and undressing, driving a car and picking up something above eye level. The pain may radiate toward the arm and hand.
Do you recognize the symptom pattern of impingement syndrome? The chiropractor can help you with this! The chiropractor will start by examining the severity and cause of your symptoms. This examination includes questions about your medical history and a physical examination with a number of tests to examine the functioning of your shoulder.
The findings of the examination can be used by the chiropractor to choose appropriate treatment techniques. During treatment, the chiropractor will focus on treating the cause of your symptoms in order to reduce the symptoms and prevent recurring ones.
For example, treatment may involve applying manual pressure techniques to structures in the shoulder to promote shoulder mobility. In addition, the chiropractor can provide exercises to gradually increase the load capacity of the shoulder. Exactly what exercises these are depends on your specific situation.
Are you curious about what chiropractic can do for you? At TOPCHIRO, we offer customized care and are happy to help you reduce your shoulder pain, so you can get back to your daily activities pain-free.