Shoulder pain

Shoulder pain (e.g. frozen shoulder or bursitis) can significantly affect your daily functioning. In addition to relieving pain, we help you recover and balance from within. For permanent results.

After neck pain, shoulder pain is the most commonly treated complaint in our practice. We specialize in treating pain and shoulder complaints. Even if other treatments have not helped, our treatment can quickly improve.

Symptoms of shoulder pain

Shoulder pain is often accompanied by one or more of the following symptoms:

• Restriction of movement
• Cramp
• Loss of strength
• Pain in shoulder areas: back pain, neck pain, or headache
• Tingling or numbness in fingers
• Appearance to the upper arm or forearm
• Different types of pain: stinging, aching, dull, sharp, or nerve pain

In addition to these symptoms, the pain can interfere with sleep and thus cause a lot of fatigue. A lot of pain and restricted movement together can be a major obstacle. They can make many daily activities impossible. Mentally and emotionally, this can be very difficult.

Types of shoulder pain

Tear in muscle or tendon

Shoulder pain due to trauma or a sports injury may be associated with a tear of a muscle or tendon. With an entire shed, it is likely that a operation will be necessary. But in the event of a partial tear and sufficient functionality, the consideration (from the doctor) is not to operate in that situation. The purpose of this is to allow the area to recover itself.

Natural recovery in this situation has significant advantages. The most important thing is that this limits the risk of further damage. Acupuncture helps with this by relieving pain and speeding up recovery. For example, preventing surgery is an important consideration when choosing our acupuncture method.

Frozen shoulder

With a frozen shoulder, there is a lot of movement restriction for a long time. The joint capsule is stiff and causes a lot of pain. Because the restriction of movement maintains the problem, a lot of attention is paid to exercise during treatment. Up to the pain threshold, of course, not beyond that. We also provide exercises that you can do safely at home to accelerate recovery.

In addition to poor circulation, the diagnosis of a frozen shoulder is often more extensive with Chinese medicine. We often see that waste products and cold in the body are accompanied by a frozen shoulder. Whatever makes the name appropriate. The link with waste products can also be made via diabetes. In people with diabetes, you see a lot more often a frozen shoulder than people who don't have diabetes.

To remove the waste from the area and to warm up the area (from within), the treatment can be combined with Chinese herbs. It also helps to accelerate recovery. Because recovering from this complaint can take a relatively long time. Do you notice a restriction of movement in your shoulder? The faster you treat, the faster you recover!

Rotator cuff

These are the deep shoulder muscles that surround the shoulder head. They provide stability but are also important for the rotational movement of the arms. Incorrect movement, overload, injury or trauma can cause chafing in these muscles. Sometimes the tendons near the shoulder head become inflamed, resulting in a lot of pain and swelling. If surgery is necessary, our acupuncture treatment can help with recovery.

If the problem is due to prolonged overload, the muscles, tendons and membranes around it become irritated. Part of the problem is that this is painful. But another part is that these structures are also going to cramp. This creates less space in the entire area. With every movement, friction occurs and the pain worsens. With our remote needle treatment (distal acupuncture), we ensure that the area is relaxed from within. As a result, the pain decreases and the shoulder can move normally again.

Bursitis

A bursa is a kind of pad between 2 moving parts. It reduces friction between structures and can also serve as a buffer when absorbing a strong blow or impact. Too much friction and strain can cause the bursa to inflame. In the event of both overload and trauma, it is important to relax the entire area. This allows the body to repair these areas, including with increased blood circulation. Our acupuncture balance method helps to relax, improve circulation and reduce inflammation.

Acupuncture for shoulder pain

In Chinese medicine, pain symptoms are a blockade of energy and blood. When waste products accumulate, swelling occurs. And when it gets inflamed, heat is created. Acupuncture increases blood flow, removes waste and inhibits inflammation. As a result, the pain decreases and the shoulder area can recover quickly.

In addition to the blockade of energy and blood, the diagnosis is made based on which meridian or meridians were affected. This is easily done by telling us exactly where you are suffering.

Our acupuncture treatment has an immediate effect. And no needles are placed in the painful area. So nice!

Exercise for shoulder pain

Do you suffer from shoulder pain? Stretching and stretching can then be good to relieve the shoulder joint. Please note that you never force a movement.

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Treating shoulder pain with herbs

Many pain symptoms will recover with acupuncture. Sometimes pain symptoms are persistent, intense or complex. Herbal therapy then offers many benefits and can also be combined with acupuncture. Because you take herbs daily, the therapy is also stronger and better suited for complaints that are very intense. Another advantage is that complex pain symptoms often involve reduced circulation of blood, energy and waste products. All these factors hamper recovery and herbs can all address and dissolve them from within.

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Finally: herbs also help strengthen the body and rebuild strength very well. If the body, or part of it, is too weak, this also leads to pain. You could also see this as a form of unintentional overload. Complaints where the above may play a role include:

• Atrophy (muscle sagging)
• Osteoarthritis (wear and tear)
• Frozen shoulder
• Recovering from a (car) accident
• Long-term/chronic/persistent complaints
• Rheumatism