4 Rotator Cuff Surgery Exercises | Bellingham Physical Therapy. The time to start recovering from shoulder surgery is before you even have surgery. The better your range of motion is, the better and faster your rehab will be. In this video, I walk you through 4 simple, yet effective exercises to improve your shoulder range [...]
Photo by Jesper Aggergaard on Unsplash Establishing the correct diagnosis of your shoulder pain is critical for the optimal plan of care. Common shoulder disorders include rotator cuff pathology, sub-acromial impingement, adhesive capsulitis, and bicipital tendonitis. In this blog, we will be discussing the signs of a Frozen shoulder, also known as Adhesive [...]
Neck pain and stiffness can often be made worse by trigger points or tenderness of the scalene muscles. Learn now to find and treat your scalenes and reduce your neck and upper back pain. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments, Thanks, Ed Deboo, PT Bellingham Physical Therapy https://youtu.be/TTyr6hoPsNw
We are blessed with abundant recreational activities to do in Bellingham, but most of them need a healthy shoulder. Trigger points in the subscapularis of the rotator cuff can be a major player in shoulder pain. However, the muscle can be difficult to find and treat. Watch the video below to learn how to identify, [...]
Shoulder Pain Treatment Bellingham, Washington Integrative Physical Therapy in Bellingham, Washington is your choice for Manual Therapy and Trigger Point treatments for your shoulder pain. Trigger points are small, very tender bundles of restricted areas in your muscles Trigger points in the supraspinatus of the rotator cuff can cause pain down the arm, both in [...]
Here is part 2 of my shoulder series. In part 1, I explained the basics of the rotator cuff as I believe there is power in knowledge. The more you understand about how your body works, the better you are able to help it. If you haven't watched part 1, take a few minutes and [...]
Hey everyone, My daughter Hope's basketball season is coming to an end so my weekends are freed up a bit and I'm back making videos to help you guys the best I can! I have just posted a series of 3 videos on the Shoulder: What the rotator cuff is, How to diagnose your own [...]
Hand or forearm swelling after shoulder surgery is a fairly common occurrence and can be quite painful and very limiting functionally. This swelling is often caused by a lack of lymphatic flow of the arm and can be helped with exercises. Learn how to assist the lymphatic flow to help "drain" your arm and regain [...]
A common cause of shoulder pain with overhead movements is a shoulder "impingement". Watch the video below to see if you have this common condition and what you may be able to do about it. Please let me know if you have any questions, Thanks, Ed Deboo, PT Bellingham, Physical Therapy https://youtu.be/DioQviQ67Xo
2 important rehab considerations for AC joint injuries: 40%-50% of all shoulder injuries sustained during sports involve the AC joint, with the most common being a "separated shoulder". A "separated shoulder" is actually a separation of the AC joint (acromioclavicular joint). The most common mechanism of injury is a downward force that tears/stretches the AC [...]
