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Your shoulder pain probably isn’t “tendonitis,” and that distinction actually matters.

/ Pain & Recovery, Shoulder Pain

If you’ve been told you have biceps tendonitis because of pain in the front of your shoulder, the diagnosis is likely using outdated terminology. Tendonitis implies that inflammation is the primary problem. However, research, including a well-known 2015 paper, suggests that biceps tendon pain is usually not driven by inflammation. Instead, it’s most often the […]

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Frozen Shoulder Is Not a Life Sentence, But You Need to Understand What You’re Actually Dealing With

/ Pain & Recovery, Shoulder Pain

Frozen shoulder is one of the most misunderstood conditions we see in physical therapy. Many people expect it to improve quickly, and some treatment approaches push the shoulder too aggressively, which can actually make symptoms worse. If you’ve been diagnosed with adhesive capsulitis, or your shoulder has become progressively stiffer and more painful over the

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Your MRI Doesn’t Explain Your Shoulder Pain (And That’s Actually Good News)

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Rotator cuff tears, labral fraying, and impingement findings appear on shoulder MRIs every day. The surprising part is that many of these findings are also present in people who have no shoulder pain at all. They continue working, exercising, golfing, swimming, and living their lives without ever knowing those changes exist. That fact challenges the

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