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Symptoms: Sharp
pain and general discomfort in the anterior (Front)
portion of the shoulder. Symptoms usually present
themselves when reaching across the front of
the body to touch the opposing shoulder, reaching
with arm outstretched in front or raising arms
above head.
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Cause of Symptoms: Shoulder
Impingement Syndrome is generally caused by overuse
or blunt trauma directly to the anterior shoulder
or to the upper extremity (arm) in activities
such as falling down and attempting to catch
ones self with an outstretched hand.
Direct trauma
can cause micro tears, resulting in inflammation
and swelling of the associated tissues. Swelling
causes pressure on the anterior deltoid and supraspinatus
muscle, under which the nerve lies, resulting
in compression of the nerve and resulting in
a general ache or sharp, stabbing pain. Due to
the [pain, motion is limited, causing the muscles
in the shoulder to atrophy, resulting in long-term
dysfunction.
On the other hand, overuse causes
the anterior deltoid and internal rotators of
the humerus to overdevelop, causing the head
of the humerus to sit forward in the shoulder
socket which impinges the underlying structures
when performing any activity that would cause
the humerus to move even further forward in the
socket.
The reasons for both of these types of injury
are different and both need to be corrected differently.
(See Below)
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Treatment
of Symptoms: FLEXTEND®-AC can
assist in correcting these injuries by strengthening
all the muscles in the shoulder that were damaged
due to the blunt trauma and allow the shoulder
joint to sit normally in the socket, releiveing
all impingment of the underlying nerve. In
the case of anterior shoulder impingement
caused by overuse, one must perform exercises
to strengthen the posterior deltoid and back
help pull the humerus backwards in the socket,
relieving compression of nerve in the anterior
shoulder. These programs are included for FREE
with the FLEXTEND-AC.
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