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I've had both shoulders injured from gym equipment...Right shoulder was Almost frozen but a chiro worked on it and kept it moving. I've had prolotherapy injections in right shoulder and got 3 good years from that work. I could use it again but seem to manage.

I do many shoulder exercises, shrugs, bending over at waist and dropping one arm and going clockwise then counterclockwise, then the other arm. I lift my arms daily over my head. Use topicals on shoulders and keep them moving. I've never had xrays as I don't want shoulder surgery. Good luck.

PS: I've had friends who did shoulder surgery and know stories about shoulder replacements and people still in pain. Surgery causes more trauma. I deal with hip surgery and omg.....

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Originally Posted by JNT2014 (Post 1174560)

Well, I spent the past year or so in a very unhappy pattern of pushing forward with new exercises only to find out that they made things worse. I actually have more pain now that I did 14 months ago.

So I have dialed things back, and am only slowly adding exercises to make sure the new ones do not hurt. I use a foam roller on my back several times a day. I also do one session with a Ma roller. A couple of times a day I use a tennis ball, racquetball, or lacrosse ball on my thoracic back and rhomboids. I spend just under 30 minutes a day stretching my neck (mostly the scalenes and SCM), and I have become cautiously optimistic that this stretching is helping. In the past few days I have experimented with doing self massage of my upper trapezoid and pecs by pressing a softball into a wall. Overall the self massage stuff feels pretty good, and at the very least does not seem to be hurting anything.

Hi, have you tried nerve glides?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9ezkXRPIck
Perhaps worth a (gentle) try as long as it doesn't provoke symptoms.

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Originally Posted by Jo*mar (Post 1174564)

Here are some other gentle things to try- gravity does the work to help shoulders drop.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/album.php?albumid=422

Book - Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries- by Sharon Butler has very good stretches for all RSI /TOS with info on posture causes and corrections. She has detailed stretching ideas to gently coax the damaged tissues to release-not to force them. her website has many articles & a lot of information.
I found it very helpful.
http://www.selfcare4rsi.com/

Useful sticky thread - a lot of collected info over the years.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread84.html

Awesome! Many thanks.

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Originally Posted by Akash (Post 1174798)

Hi, have you tried nerve glides?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9ezkXRPIck
Perhaps worth a (gentle) try as long as it doesn't provoke symptoms.

A physical therapist had me try some of those in 2013, not long before I had surgery on my left elbow. I could not detect any benefit, and it was difficult to perform the exercise without provoking pain.

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Originally Posted by JNT2014 (Post 1175189)

I think you will benefit from diaphragmatic breathing. Give it a try. It should be gentle enough not to provoke your symptoms.

http://www.drnickcampos.com/health-n...Breathing.html