Shoulder Pain

Did you know shoulder pain can be the result of hip issues? What separates the Osteopathic approach from many other professions is the commitment to the whole body approach when assessing and treating. As you are aware, when you walk, the shoulder and arm often go forward at the same time as the opposite hip and leg. Issues with one of these two areas can often cause pain in the other, without causing pain where the issue is. On occasions, the shoulder pain can be from a secondary lesion to the shoulder, which is caused by a primary lesion in the hip. The primary hip lesion may sometimes not illicit pain to the patient at all, yet be causing issues throughout the body.