• Massage Trigger Point Therapy – Shoulder Pain

    Posted by Simeon Niel Asher on Jan 27, 2016 In 70% of all doctor and therapist visits for shoulder problems, the diagnosis is rotator cuff disorder The shoulder is involved in almost all of our waking activities. It is extremely flexible, and along with its several sub-joints (all of which combine to give the widest range of motion in any joint in the body) this is also what makes it vulnerable to injury. The innate joint concavity/convexity stability is weak so an intricate system of capsule, ligaments, connective tissues and muscles is employed to fix the large ball into the small socket. The four cuff muscles concurrently bring the gleno-humeral joint back and down to stabilize the shoulder, allowing us [...]