Healing Shoulder Pain Test
Find the root cause → Ask the right questions → Explore your treatment options
You don’t have to let shoulder pain handcuff you. Shoulder pain is often treatable, and you have more power over it than you think. In this newly revised Special Health Report, Harvard doctors share the most effective ways to diagnose and treat common shoulder problems to help you ease pain and get back to the things you need and love to do.
Which doctor should you see?
A visit to your primary care doctor is often a good first step. But if you suspect a more severe injury — a fracture, tear, or another serious injury — visit an urgent care center, walk-in orthopedic clinic, or emergency room for immediate treatment.
What happens at the doctor’s office? What should your primary doctor be checking for? When is it time to see a specialist? And how do doctors diagnose shoulder pain?
Get expert answers to these questions in Harvard Medical School’s report, Healing Shoulder Pain!
The steps you can take right now to ease shoulder pain and keep your shoulders moving
The good news is, you have more ways to manage shoulder pain than ever before. Healing Shoulder Pain offers insight and instruction from leading orthopedic specialists at Harvard Medical School. In the report, you’ll discover a wealth of treatment options to help relieve pain and keep your shoulders healthy.
Healing Shoulder Pain provides clear and specific direction. You’ll receive purposeful, evidence-based guidance. You’ll learn how doctors pinpoint the source of shoulder pain, plus targeted strategies to discuss with your own doctor. You’ll discover...
...the tools and clues to open the road to relief.
Is it a rotator cuff tear? Bursitis? Tendinitis? A sprain or a strain? You’ll learn the distinguishing symptoms of 15 shoulder problems. You’ll understand today’s diagnostic tests and learn how to work with your physician to initiate the best treatment plan.
...at-hand strategies to loosen the grip of shoulder pain.
You’ll learn practical, common-sense measures that can help tame the aches. You’ll read about a non-surgical alternative for small rotator cuff tears...a gentle therapy for shoulder impingement...an intervention for shoulder arthritis...and more.
...smart, informed choices about shoulder surgery.
The report explores 17 options and advances that can halt pain, hasten recovery, and restore fuller movement. You’ll find a new technique for arthritis pain...an outpatient procedure for frozen shoulder...and the latest arthroscopic alternatives to open surgery.
Included in this report is a complete workout, Exercises to ease shoulder pain, including warm-ups, stretches, and strengthening exercises to help improve mobility. Get week-by-week instruction, equipment recommendations, and guidance on how to perform each exercise safely and effectively.
