Nagging shoulder and upper back pain disrupting your sleep?
Waking up with stiff shoulders and neck pain? Does it feel like you are constantly carrying weights on your shoulders?
With increase in office hours, use of smartphones, computers and technology there has been an increase in neck, shoulder and upper back pain. Both the adult and adolescent population are reporting an increase in discomfort and pain.
If you think about how much time you spend during the day looking down at your phone or sitting at the desk using the computer you are bound to have neck, shoulder and upper back pain. Neck, shoulder and upper back pain is caused by prolong poor posture while at the desk or when using mobile phones leading to development of muscle tightness, joint stiffness and reduction in activation of stabiliser muscles. If you imagine looking down or having a forward poked neck all day, the weight of the head will start to strain our neck, shoulder and spine leading to overuse and eventually break down of our muscles and joints.
The good news is that it’s possible to overcome your neck, shoulder and upper back pain without the need for stoppage of work, medication use and purchase of postural braces. At Physio Ready we have a solution. Our physiotherapists will carry out a thorough assessment of your neck, shoulder and upper back to determine the exact cause of your pain. We will then provide treatment with a long term solution to help you get out of pain and improve your quality of life.
Here at Physio Ready we use manual therapy (massage, joint mobilisations, mobilisation with movement) to give you pain relief. Once pain is reduced we will then progress to therapeutic exercises which are easy to perform at home and also follow through on. With the combination of manual therapy and therapeutic exercises many of our patients gain long term results for their neck, shoulder and upper back pain.
Want help for your neck and shoulder pain? Contact Physio Ready today on (02) 8622 1681 for the Ermington clinic or (02) 9249 9122 for the Ryde clinic. Our physiotherapists have a solution for your neck and shoulder pain.