From the Worldwide Best-Selling Treat Your Own Series, this Book offers Education and Self-Treatment Techniques to Help Prevent or Reduce Pain and Regain Mobility There are many different names for shoulder pain including tendonitis, rotator cuff strain or tear, impingement syndrome, frozen shoulder, capsulitis, and arthritis. Unfortunately, many medical professionals focus on labeling the condition without offering an effective way to resolve it which can sometimes result in unwanted shoulder surgery. Common treatments including medications, injections, acupuncture, ultrasound, TENS or inferential therapy often provide short-term benefit, but the pain often reappears. If you are one of the millions of people struggling with persistent shoulder pain, this book provides education and a systematic exercise sequence to help abolish pain and, where appropriate, to restore normal function. Written by physiotherapist Robin McKenzie, Treat Your Own Shoulder provides a rational explanation for the causes of joint pain, specifically shoulder pain and explains how, over time, unhealthy posture can contribute significantly to shoulder pain. You will receive education on postures, activities and exercises you can do to remain free of disabling symptoms. You will also receive advice on how to avoid detrimental forces of daily living and how to apply beneficial strategies. Color photos and simple step-by-step instructions show you how to perform a systematic exercise sequence with shoulder stretches that can be done just about anywhere to help treat and prevent pain. The shoulder therapy exercise program includes details on when to perform exercises, how to determine if you’re ready to move on to the next exercise, how to perform the exercises correctly, what to do when the pain has subsided, and how to prevent recurrence of pain. In Treat Your Own Shoulder you’ll learn: About the role of the neck in shoulder pain - How to determine if your pain is coming from your neck or your shoulder - The basic anatomy of the scapula, shoulder and neck region - The functions of the shoulder region and why it’s vulnerable to strains and overstretching - The basics of mechanical shoulder back pain - How unhealthy posture strains the shoulder over time - How to practice healthy posture and improve joint health - Common causes of shoulder pain and how to manage it - How to treat a frozen shoulder - How the McKenzie Method works - A simple exercise sequence that offers a systematic approach to treating shoulder pain - Color photos and details showing when and how to perform the exercises - Lifestyle and healthy posture habits to help treat and prevent recurrence of shoulder pain This patient handbook provides an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, alleviate, treat and manage debilitating shoulder and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer. Written by Robin McKenzie, CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), Dip MDT, Dip MT; with Grant Watson, NZSP, ADP (OMT), Dip MT, Dip MDT; and Robert Lindsay, NZSP, ADP (OMT), Dip MT. Illustrated. Softcover; 96 pages. Good adjunct to PT for shoulder therapy: This manual is clearly written and provides easy to understand info for patients. I especially like the photos and explanations that are easy to follow. This is the third book in the best-selling Treat Your Own series, with the first two, Treat Your Own Back and Treat Your Own Neck , being translated in to 18 different languages and selling over 6 million copies worldwide. Numerous international studies have confirmed that the McKenzie Method® allows sufferers to take control of their own pain and postural management, avoid surgery and a long-term costly dependence upon clinicians―thereby reflecting Robin McKenzie’s selfless determination to put the patient first and empower self-care. Robin McKenzie, CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), Dip MDT, Dip MT The late Robin McKenzie was a renowned spinal expert and an authority on the treatment of lower back and neck pain. His method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy® (MDT) is taught by clinicians around the world. MDT, along with his heralded series of books and lumbar supports has helped hundreds of thousands of people achieve freedom from back, neck, shoulder and knee pain. For over 50 years, The McKenzie Method® has put the power in the patient's hands, utilizing education and self-treatment strategies to provide long-lasting relief from pain. The purpose of the exercises is to abolish pain and, where appropriate, restore normal function ― that is, to regain full mobility in the shoulder, or as much movement as possible under the given circumstances. Demonstrates techniques on how to apply treatment to yourself Helps prevent or reduce the onset of pain