I have been hearing from more and more people with shoulder injuries; many who had an operation to repair the injury. Ten years ago I was hearing from folks who had hip replacement surgery. With more and more extreme sports, there seems to be an increase in these types of injuries.
What I can say in general is that these operations, while they do a good job mostly to repair the problem, there is further need to work with someone who can both help to improve overall body mobility, but as well to help resolve the trauma from both the accident and the surgery. This is where I can be of help as I have 25 years of working with joint injuries of all types. When we have an accident, there is often a residue of fear that is still held in the nervous system. This trauma causes metabolic changes in the joint, and since all joints are part of one system, eventually all joints will take on some of the burden in order to keep you mobile.
Nurse practitioner…
I worked with a nurse who had had a bad accident a few years ago where she broke her wrists. After healing from the injury, she discovered that the trauma had been taken into her shoulder joints from the impact, though the medical people had not noticed this. When she came to me, she too was unaware that there was trauma in her body. We worked with her to free up the ribs cage from the shoulders as much of the tissue had glued to the ribs which is a protective measure that the body produces.
Others have discovered trauma that they had forgotten about from past accidents while on my Rolfing table. Trauma holds that memory of the fear that was experienced during the accident in the skeleton, and so my work addresses this directly and gently as well.
Shoulders; only one bony connection…
If you look at the nature of the shoulder girdle from above, you see that the only bony connection is at the sternum in front. The rest is mostly soft tissue which is more suseptible to metabolic changes due to injury. So these shoulder operations can use some reorganizing in order to improve mobility and function.
