The 3 most common reasons to have chronic pain near the inside of your shoulder pain are cervical disc injury, accessory nerve entrapment, and/or local adhesion on the muscles. Read more to find out why, how it occurs, and what you can do to fix it.
Read MoreWhat are Modic changes? Modic changes are inflammatory disruptions in the vertebrae (bones) of our spine. This is part of a process that happens after a disc has been damaged for a long time (6+ months). Imagine the discs in the low back to be like the soft, white of an Oreo and the vertebra (bone) to be the hard, black cookie. What happens with Modic changes is the disc will infiltrate the bone. The Oreo is cracked and the soft, white center is pushing through the cookie. This creates swelling, inflammation, and even fracturing in the bone.
Read MoreChronic pain has extensive layers and we often use the iceberg analogy to explain this to our patients. The pain one often feels is just visual part above water. What’s lurking below is often much more complex. By the time you step into a medical office to seek care your body has built up multiple layers of problems. Our bodies are amazing machines, and because of that we only tend to notice the primary problem. Imagine noticing every single ache, pain, or discomfort. You’d go crazy!
Read MoreAny painful motion has 3 components to consider:
What’s being compressed?
What’s being stretched?
What’s being contracted?
Any step avoided, misunderstood, or overlooked will result in ineffective results.
Read MoreBack pain is extremely common, everyone knows someone who has had back pain for years. Low back pain accounts for over $100 billion in health care costs each year! How can that number be so high?
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