(Shoulder Pain Continued)

Mario wasn’t looking to get back into the major leagues. After years of traveling, he just wanted to spend time with his family. His major goal was to simply be able to raise his right arm above ninety (90) degrees without experiencing a sharp pain in his shoulder. When he lifted his right arm up or out to the sides he could only lift it to about shoulder height. Mario basically had been going through the traditional routes of treatment which consisted of taking anti-inflammatories and doing physical therapy. After some time he stopped taking the medication because he was not very fond of drugs. The physical therapy had been helping some, but he still couldn’t lift his arm past ninety degrees, so he remained frustrated. The little progress that was made was not enough to leave him hopeful.

As I do with all of my clients I educated him about my philosophy and how the work we’d be doing differed from physical therapy. Mario immediately saw the logic and was ready to get started. Many shoulder pain clients have similar joint and muscle deviations. Mario’s injury fell along those same lines. During my evaluation I noted that his right shoulder blade was elevated and actually pulled away from his ribs. Believe it or not this can happen. I also noted his upper body was rotated. Basically the right side of his torso was turning counterclockwise and ahead of his left side. Then strangely enough, when I went down to his pelvis, I saw that it was turning in the opposite direction of his torso. He was literally twisted. I pointed my findings out to him. He was amazed by the fact that these deviations were forcing his shoulder to be impinged.

I immediately knew that if I could take care of his twisted pelvis