Easing shoulder pain; FITNESS NEWS.EXERCISE is a better way to treat chronic shoulder pain than treatments given by physiotherapists. Shoulder pain is often related to overuse overuse Health care The common use of a particular intervention even when the benefits of the intervention don't justify the potential harm or cost–eg, prescribing antibiotics for a probable viral URI. Cf Misuse, Underuse. or poor posture. The muscles, tissue or tendons around the bone become inflamed, causing scar tissue scar tissue n. Dense, fibrous connective tissue that forms over a healed wound or cut. to form, preventing recovery. Physiotherapists often use intense ultrasound ultrasound or sonography, in medicine, technique that uses sound waves to study and treat hard-to-reach body areas. In scanning with ultrasound, high-frequency sound waves are transmitted to the area of interest and the returning echoes recorded to break down scar tissue, helping new tissue to form. But research from Ulleval University in Oslo suggests exercise is more effective. Researchers split shoulder pain patients into groups. One received ultrasound once or twice a week for four-to-six weeks; the other had a weekly 45-minute exercise session for 12 weeks. Two-thirds of the exercisers reported significant pain reduction, compared with a third of the ultrasound group. |
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