Injury to your shoulder rotator cuff  is very common shoulder injury.

What is your Rotator Cuff?

What are the Common Rotator Cuff Injuries?

Where is your Rotator Cuff?

What Commonly Goes Wrong with Your Rotator Cuff?

What is Rotator Cuff Impingement Syndrome?

What is the Impingement Zone?

What Causes Rotator Cuff Impingement?

What are the Common Rotator Cuff Treatments? 

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A bursa is a fluid filled sac that helps to reduce friction in joint spaces. You have several shoulder bursae. Your subacromial bursa is the most commonly inflamed of the shoulder bursae.

Subacromial bursitis is a common cause of shoulder pain that is usually related to rotator cuff tendonitis, impingement or dysfunction.

Subdeltoid bursitis is less commonly inflamed shoulder bursa.

 

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Sports massage is treatment given with the understanding not only of anatomy and physiology but also of the particular demands placed upon the body by the client and their specific sport. 

Sports massage is done with the principal mandate of returning you to your desired sports activity with the same or an even better level of function. Sports massages can include more aggressive techniques that approach muscles more deeply. 

Sports massage will often utilize a variety of modalities such as remedial massage, trigger point therapy, cross fibre techniques and deep tissue work. Primarily though, the difference lies with function. That is, returning you to your chosen activity in optimal functional.

How Does a Sports Massage Differ to Regular Massage? 

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Frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis is a common source of shoulder pain.

While frozen shoulder is commonly missed or confused with a rotator cuff injury, it does have a distinct pattern of symptoms resulting in severe pain, loss of function and eventually stiffness. Hence the word "frozen" aptly describes this condition although only in stage two or three.

The more precise  medical term for a frozen shoulder is "adhesive capsulitis". In basic terms, it means that your shoulder pain and stiffness is a result of shoulder capsule inflammation (capsulitis) and fibrotic adhesions that limit your shoulder movement.

So what actually causes Frozen Shoulder? 

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How does your neck cope with reading the following poem? 

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Football season is upon us again. To familiarise yourself with the most common football injuries, please visit the following links:



AFL Injuries



Football (Soccer) Injuries



Rugby League Injuries



Rugby Union Injuries

Prevention is always better than cure. If you'd like to arrange a preventative injury screening with us, now is the time. 

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Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa. Nearly every joint has at least one bursa, which are lubricating sacks that help you to avoid injury. However, when a bursa becomes inflammed it can be responsible for severe pain and reduced movement.  

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