good physio reccomendation for injured shoulder?

What part of Dublin are you in? I've found the Ranelagh Physio Clinic very good

El_Bee wrote: »

hi, I hurt my shoulder back in Jan, and I've been resting and training around it since then, but it hasn't gotten much better, I still feel pain and discomfort and the range of motion isn't great, I'm wondering if anyone knows a good physiotherapist in dublin they could recommend for shoulder pain?

In what way did you hurt it? Contrary to the above, the last thing I would do is get an MRI to see what the issue is. 1 issue of shoulder arthritis for one person, does not mean everyone needs to run off and get an MRI scan to see what's going on in their shoulder or any other rbody part for that matter

MissShihTzu wrote: »

I disagree. The OP said they have been having problems with the shoulder since January with no improvement did they not? January to July is a very long time to be in pain with no improvement. You might like struggling with shoulder pain for such a long time, but a lot of people do not.

OP - I'd get that scan. Get a letter from your GP referring you. Then you'll know what's happening and the best way forward.

Hurt it in January but hasn't done anything about it. Your logic is twisted. I hurt my back and went straight for a scan many years ago. Showed up nothing but still was in pain for the guts of 8 months after. Not until I started actually trying to figure out what the issue was and why I hurt it in the first place.

That's why I asked about the mechanism of injury. If it's an impact of mechanical injury such as a rupture , yes fine go get it checked absolutely. Arthritis doesn't just happen to come on over night. Pain is a multi factorial experience and there could be any number of things going on.

We always jump straight to MRI and xray when there's an issue, but 9 times out of 10 the issue isn't where we feel the pain. If he has shoulder pain, and only considers the shoulder as the issue (as would an MRI and scan) then you're overlooking a whole mirriad of possible causes.

If you want, I can send on numerous pieces of research to say that medical imaging DOES NOT give us a good or accurate representation of why there may be pain. Certainly in cases of a break or a tear yes. An xray is a picture of our physical body, it does nothing to tell us why there may be pain in loved.

(I'm aware this is going to get some people's backs up so again, if you want to discuss I'm more than happy to send in the research)

thehamo wrote: »

Hurt it in January but hasn't done anything about it. Your logic is twisted. I hurt my back and went straight for a scan many years ago. Showed up nothing but still was in pain for the guts of 8 months after. Not until I started actually trying to figure out what the issue was and why I hurt it in the first place.

That's why I asked about the mechanism of injury. If it's an impact of mechanical injury such as a rupture , yes fine go get it checked absolutely. Arthritis doesn't just happen to come on over night. Pain is a multi factorial experience and there could be any number of things going on.

We always jump straight to MRI and xray when there's an issue, but 9 times out of 10 the issue isn't where we feel the pain. If he has shoulder pain, and only considers the shoulder as the issue (as would an MRI and scan) then you're overlooking a whole mirriad of possible causes.

If you want, I can send on numerous pieces of research to say that medical imaging DOES NOT give us a good or accurate representation of why there may be pain. Certainly in cases of a break or a tear yes. An xray is a picture of our physical body, it does nothing to tell us why there may be pain in loved.

(I'm aware this is going to get some people's backs up so again, if you want to discuss I'm more than happy to send in the research)

Part of me agrees and part of me doesn't. I had a shoulder problem for a long time that never seemed to resolve itself until I stopped doing dips. I still benched but dropped dips and the issue was resolved.

And I get that a scan of a site might not get to the root cause, e.g. knee pain might be a result of something in the hip and while a scan might show something in the knee, it won't inform on/allow the hip issue to be addressed.

But sometimes maybe a scan is warranted. I don't like to make suggestions on an n=1 basis but it's just an illustration of a point. I had been to the physio about a hip issue and addressing the mechanics made sense because of one element of it that I've noticed on odd occasions. But I figured I'd go to GP and get him to refer me because I envisaged a handful or sessions and thought I'd have the referral for claiming. He was a bit confused by the symptoms but had his own opinion. Either way, he said it would just allow the physio to plan a course of action for the specifics. Neither were right and it was avascular necrosis and I can see why it would have never entered anyone's mind.

I don't think an MRI should be the first port of call and I would look at underlying reasons for an issue but I think there is a case for getting a scan to identify an issue because it's not always possible to determine what it is without one.

Just on the arthritis, my own father was up visiting us and we went for a walk. Felt something in his hip and within an hour he was hobbling and couldn't make it down the stairs. Ended up on morphine a few hours later. They x-rayed and he had a very arthritic hip but had never experienced pain or discomfort before that. That really surprised me and I'm sure he's an outlier but the sensation that this hip was banjaxed came on rather quickly.