This post sprung into my mind as I really do feel that at-least 30% of my patients would minimise their aches and pains if only they took some “ME time”. This Me time is something I am actually good at doing, nowadays I work less at weekends and always take 1-2 hours out of my day to exercise. I always wonder how long it takes my patients to naturally fall into a routine of no exercise... It happens all too easily. Some of my clients are not sporty at all but have come from sporty childhoods that were unfortunately short lived after going through the motions of university, travelling, job stresses, children, injuries and many other ‘hurdles’ that get in the way of taking that valuable time t
With over 16 muscles attaching to the scapula the shoulder is the most complicated joint within the body and when experiencing shoulder pain if it’s not that there is a specific injury, it is very often a case of poor posture and very imbalanced muscles. Shoulder impingement is pain when lifting the arm to shoulder height and often people will not be able to reach above this point, scratch their back or abduct the arm. The problem is caused when the sub-acromial space within the shoulder is impinged or restricted by something, commonly one of the rotator muscles (supraspinatus, subscapularis, teres minor and infraspinatus) Although this is not serious, if left untreated the tendons of the ro
