[메디컬투데이=김준수 기자] The shoulder joint is the most active part of our body and can rotate 360 degrees. As it is widely used in daily life, it can easily accumulate fatigue, and when the shoulder joint is damaged due to repetitive movements, the risk of various pain disorders is high.
In spring, when activity increases, you should be more careful about shoulder pain. This is because as the warm weather continues, excessively enjoying outdoor sports that use a lot of shoulders, such as golf, baseball, badminton, and tennis, can cause serious injuries.
The shoulder consists of 3 bones (scapula, clavicle, humerus), 4 joints, and the rotator cuff. These structures are organically connected to each other to allow the shoulder to move freely.
Among the diseases that cause shoulder pain, ‘frozen shoulder’ and ‘rotator cuff tear’ are frequent. Frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis or frozen shoulder, is a disease in which the shoulder tendon and joint membrane become inflamed and the joint membrane hardens and adheres. A rotator cuff tear is a disease that occurs when the rotator cuff is damaged or ruptured due to weakening of the shoulder tendon or insufficient blood circulation.
The two diseases have one thing in common: shoulder pain, but the causes and patterns are different. In the frozen shoulder, the joint membrane of the shoulder is hardened, making it difficult to raise the arm easily even if someone helps from the side, and it makes it difficult to perform daily activities such as washing face or washing hair properly. On the other hand, with a rotator cuff tear, movement is restricted only in a specific direction, such as tying the head or turning the arm.
| ▲ Director Chan-Woong Chang (Photo = Provided by Prologue of Kookmin Oriental Clinic) |
If shoulder pain persists, you should visit a hospital as soon as possible to determine the exact name of the disease and proceed with appropriate treatment. In the case of early treatment, improvement can be achieved only with non-surgical treatment that can control the pain and strengthen the shoulder joint without surgical treatment such as anesthesia or incision.
Non-surgical treatment methods for shoulder disease include manual therapy and prolo injection therapy. Dual manual therapy is a method in which the therapist directly points out the lesion site by hand, relieves pain, and releases weakened muscles, ligaments, and tissues. It is possible to correct body imbalances by correcting distorted spine and joints, and to set up the most optimal treatment plan for the patient by appropriately adjusting the intensity, intensity, and number of treatments.
Prolo Injection is an injection treatment that relieves pain by regenerating damaged tendons and ligaments. By injecting a drug that stimulates healing ability into the lesion site, it can induce fundamental tissue recovery and strengthen weakened ligaments at the same time. As it uses ingredients that are harmless to the human body, the risk of side effects and complications is low.
Chan-woong Chang, director of Guro Branch of National Oriental Clinic Prolog Clinic, said, “If shoulder pain disease is neglected after treatment, there is a high risk of recurrence. You have to pay special attention to your daily habits, such as making sure it doesn’t harden.”
Medical Today reporter Kim Junsu ([email protected])
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