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Finger Walk
•Stand straight facing a wall at a distance from which you can comfortably touch the wall with the palm of your hand.
•Now, place the palm on the wall and crawl the fingers along the wall so that you raise the arm to the shoulder level. Do not use your shoulder muscles for this exercise.
athletica wrote:Pueppi - I'm curious to know how successful you are in treating frozen shoulder?
In my experience I have had a bit of luck at restoring complete ROM in instances in which there was a previous surgery or immoblization. But in cases which appear to be systemic I have rarely had immediate success.
I hate wasting patients time & money so I always give them the worst case scenario before suggesting treatments that might be ineffective.
I work the patient in a seated position primarily using ART. I mainly focus on increasing abduction. If I can improve abduction I can get a lil more picky in subsequent appointment looking to clear out internal, external, ect.
athletica wrote:Pueppi - I'm curious to know how successful you are in treating frozen shoulder?
JasonE wrote:I often find that abduction improves more rapidly if I have restored some/all of their medial and lateral rotation. To do so, I need to get the scapulae back and down into a more relaxed position. To do that, I may need to get the pecs and biceps and lats to lengthen... perhaps the abdominals, too.
athletica wrote:Do you go after the joint capsule as part of your internal and external rotator treatment?
How do you measure improvement from session to session? Patients ability to do certain tasks or measurement?
pueppi wrote:athletica wrote:Do you go after the joint capsule as part of your internal and external rotator treatment?
How do you measure improvement from session to session? Patients ability to do certain tasks or measurement?
I am working the entire shoulder, not just the muscles surrounding it. A good portion of the work I do is geared toward slow movement and traction. So when I work there is a definite movement of that entire shoulder complex.
I measure improvement by increased function and range of motion.
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