Shoulder Pain Treatment in Lake Worth
Available at Lake Worth, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach
Reaching for the top shelf shouldn’t make you wince. Neither should a backhand, a golf swing, or rolling onto your side at night. Shoulder pain creeps into everything, so it’s worth finding out where it’s really coming from.
An Ache, a Pinch, or a Click
The shoulder is the most mobile joint in your body, which also makes it easy to strain. Some people feel a dull ache. Others describe a sharp pinch, weakness when lifting, or a click when the arm moves.
Years of Swings, Serves, and Overhead Reaches
Repeated overhead and rotating movements put steady demand on the shoulder. Many pickleball, golf, and tennis players in their 50s and 60s don’t notice until something gives.
Other frequent causes include:
- Overhead work or sports done day after day
- Rotator cuff strain or irritation
- Rounded, forward-slumped posture
- Neck or mid-back problems that send pain into the shoulder
- Too little recovery between rounds or matches
Stiffness, Weakness, and a Shrinking Range of Motion
Overuse often starts as stiffness or soreness after play. Over time, the shoulder can feel weaker and lose range, making it harder to reach behind your back or lift your arm overhead.
Pain may also travel down the arm. When it does, the neck is sometimes the real culprit.
When Rest and Ice Stop Doing the Trick
If shoulder pain keeps coming back, limits your game, or wakes you up, get it evaluated. The same goes if physical therapy helped for a while and you’re now back to square one.
Checking the Neck, Elbow, and Wrist Too
How you describe the pain gives us clues, but the exam finds the source. We’ll take a detailed history, test strength and range of motion, and run orthopedic tests to see whether the neck or mid-back is involved.
The shoulder links to the cervical spine above and to the elbow and wrist below. With ongoing training in extremity adjusting, our chiropractor checks the whole chain so other joints don’t compensate.
Already done PT? We won’t simply repeat it. We’ll reassess where you are, look at what worked before, and adjust the plan to how you present today, with options at Midtown Clinic of Chiropractic like shockwave therapy, cold laser therapy, and corrective exercises.
Back to Your Serve, Swing, and Overhead Reach
If imaging shows a structural problem that may need surgery, we’ll tell you plainly and guide you through next steps. When there’s still time for conservative care, we’ll set a plan, track progress, and reassess.
Reach, Swing, and Sleep Without the Pinch
Your shoulder should keep up with your life, not hold it back. Call Midtown Clinic of Chiropractic at (561) 533-3884 to schedule your shoulder pain evaluation.
