Shoulder Pain Blog Posts


Rehabbing the Shoulder

September 29, 2011
My shoulder and elbow pain book was just mentioned in a nice article in the Denver Post by Linda Buch. I love Linda’s holistic approach to her answers. This article answered a question by a gentleman recovering from shoulder surgery (biceps tendon and rotator cuff repaired; bone spur and arthritis removed) and wanted to k
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Rock Climbing with Shoulder Pain

November 9, 2010
Rock climbing is a tough sport, made 10 times tougher if your shoulders aren’t working well. I just began working with a climber with shoulder pain that’s been getting worse over the last few months. Turns out the scapulae are not elevating and rotating properly. This has led to a hypermobile (excessively moving) sho
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Chronic Neck & Shoulder Pain

March 20, 2010
I’ve had two patients referred to me recently with difficult neck and shoulder pain issues. Their complaints were of the typical pain distribution–from the base of the skull down the neck to the shoulder blade and across the top of the shoulder as well as pain in the front of their shoulders. MRIs and X-Rays [...]
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The Role of the Rib Cage

July 7, 2009
I just had an interesting session with a client suffering from chronic neck, shoulder, and back pain for well over a decade. Much of her chronic pain is related to her slumping posture–it affects her spine and scapular positioning and therefore significantly contributes to her pain. In the past, I’ve focused on addre
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Fixing You

January 6, 2009
I have been writing a book detailing some very powerful self-treatment techniques I use to treat patients with chronic pain. It’s been an interesting venture because, in the process of writing the book, I now understand how my subconscious or intuition has been working to guide my treatments. This understanding, in turn, h
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Taping the Scapula

November 4, 2008
I had an interesting client the other day who fell on her shoulder playing soccer and experienced significant shoulder pain for about a week thereafter until I saw her for an appointment. Her scapulae (shoulder blades) were tilted anteriorly and were rotated internally. She was a swimmer but also played soccer. Because of her ti
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