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Shoulder Pain
What is Shoulder Pain?
Shoulder pain can come from joint dysfunction, muscle imbalance, inflammation, or nerve irritation. It’s often caused by poor posture, repetitive movements, injuries, or strain from daily activities — and it can limit your ability to lift, reach, or carry.
Symptoms of Shoulder Pain
- Pain with lifting or reaching overhead
- Sharp pain or dull ache in the shoulder or upper arm
- Stiffness or reduced range of motion
- Clicking, catching, or instability in the joint
- Radiating pain into the neck, arm, or upper back
- Weakness or fatigue in the arm or shoulder muscles
How Osteopathy Can Help
At Forme, we treat shoulder pain by looking beyond the shoulder joint itself — assessing the whole upper body, spine, and posture to find and treat the root cause of the problem.
Using gentle hands-on techniques such as:
- Releasing tight muscles in the shoulder, chest, neck, and upper back
- Improving joint mobility in the shoulder blade, collarbone, and upper spine
- Restoring correct alignment and movement of the shoulder joint
- Addressing nerve irritation from the neck or upper spine contributing to pain
- Relieving postural strain caused by rounded shoulders or forward head posture
- Supporting proper breathing mechanics to reduce upper body tension
- Promoting blood flow and lymphatic drainage to reduce inflammation and aid recovery
- Reducing compensatory strain in nearby joints like the elbow, wrist, or ribcage
Osteopathy relieves shoulder pain by restoring healthy movement, reducing tension, and supporting postural balance through the whole upper body.