- All right, we will be showing you three ways
you can stop shoulder pain in seconds.
But hold on just for a second,
we got a little introduction to get through,
in nine seconds, isn't it?
- Right. - Yeah
and we'll be right back.
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- All right, Bob and I have seen hundreds,
if not thousands of people,
walk into the clinic with clear shoulder pain.
Oftentimes they're holding it like this.
Their eyes got that bloodshot look and they're-
- That panicked look.
- Yeah. They're very uncomfortable.
We found out ways you can eliminate this pain very quickly.
Not always for long term
but it's helps get you settled down.
- [Bob] It gets you through.
- So you can think about what the next step is.
- [Bob] Right. - And we're gonna show you
number one. - [Bob] Very good.
- What?
- Very good.
- Bob said he concurs.
- All right, when you're in bed, Brad,
you're gonna first use a lot of pillows.
So make sure you have some.
If you lay on your back, lie on your back,
you're actually gonna use two pillows.
One right next to you.
And the second one under your armpit
and supporting the painful shoulder.
- Right. Yep.
Boy, this can make a big difference
and it allows you to sleep.
When you have good sleep, your shoulder heals faster.
- Yeah, you can move your arm like this,
however, it's comfortable.
Now, if you're gonna lay lie on your side,
- Yep.
- I want you to put the painful shoulder up on top.
- [Brad] Right, for sure.
- And same thing.
You're have one pillow, a base,
and the second pillow that can go under your arm
to give you some support.
- Well, I've had a lot of luck with-
We've had luck with all these.
That's why we're showing them.
- Really tried to avoid lying-
I keep having trouble with laying, lying.
- Yeah, lying, laying, whatever we're doing.
- Lying on top of it.
- Yeah. Don't put that sore shoulder on the bottom
and squish it.
Okay. If you're in a seated chair,
get a chair that has an armrest.
Pillows again, makes a big difference.
'Cause if the weight of your arm
is pulling through that sore shoulder,
it's gonna irritate it over time.
And once it gets flared up, it's gonna stay that way.
Put one hand on here.
You may wanna use two pillows, whatever.
Oftentimes one works pretty good, depends how thick it is.
Yeah.
- I found so many people
that made this made a big difference to them.
- They'll be sitting there and say here,
let me hand you this pillow.
And all of a sudden- - Oh, that feels good.
- Yeah, the therapist is your best friend right away
as soon as that pain drops down.
All right. - Even if you're in a car,
not driving maybe, but if you're a passenger, use a pillow.
- Exactly.
And now if you're upstanding walking around,
you need to go to work and you got that sore shoulder,
it oftentimes becomes uncomfortable over time.
Because again, the weight of that shoulders hanging there,
you might find yourself holding it.
I've had many people,
I said, get a sling, get the weight off that shoulder,
get it adjusted properly here.
And just unloading it can be-
- Right. Provides respite for the shoulder.
Not all the time.
- Right. You might-
I'll have people just when it gets tired,
put your sling on, wear it for a half hour,
then take it off.
So you may only need it on two or three times a day.
- Right.
- But that can make the difference between-
- Even 15 minutes.
- Exactly. Right.
All right. We're gonna go to number two.
All those fell under one category, by the way.
And it's my show, it's our show, we can do that.
So don't worry.
All right, now another nice way
to get the pain under control very quickly
is to use a topical ointment.
- Right. - Okay.
- It's not gonna cure it.
- Right. But it's gonna offer relief
so you can get through through the day and get you to sleep.
I use it that way as well. - Right.
- We've used a ton of these creams and tried
and we've never really were impressed with too many
until we found this one.
- Cowabunga!
- Yeah. Cowabunga.
Yeah. Like a cow, Cowabunga.
And it actually, it's nice
because it's got a great fragrance or whatever.
It's not too girly. - It smells good.
- It works good for everyone it seems.
And I like it because it doesn't take very much,
a little bit goes a long way.
And it's not like that greasy thing.
- [Bob] Sure. - After about five minutes
it kinda dries up and it's wonderful.
So, I'm gonna-
- It was originally used on cows.
That's why Cowabunga.
It was, cows had inflamed utters.
- Yes.
- [Bob] So it's not the exact same version,
but a similar version.
- Yep. So I just need a little.
I mean that's probably too much.
- [Bob] Really? - Yeah.
Well, the shoulder's pretty small area
and you don't have to rub it in forever.
And it's just a very pleasant feeling.
I use this on my back two nights ago.
'Cause I was abusing my back and anyways,
I used it, back felt better. I fell asleep.
Life was good. And that's it.
So that's number two.
If you have your own, you know, that's fine.
Whatever works good for you.
But these can, these topical ointments can be really
a lifesaver for pain management.
- Get through it.
- And number three.
Now, if the first three, the pillows don't seem to work,
the Cowabunga doesn't work or the cream you have,
there's something that oftentimes can get missed
with shoulder pain.
And that is...
- Well it's actually that you're not having shoulder pain.
You're having neck pain.
It's referring the pain down into your shoulder.
- Right.
- I can't tell you how many times I saw this.
Like a family member will call me
and they're having pain in their shoulder.
And then when I see 'em, it's coming from their neck.
- Yes. I've seen it with many patients.
I had one patient pain in the shoulder blade
back here. - Yeah.
It's very tricky.
- Yeah. The doctor said it might have a fractured scapula.
- Yeah.
- So anyways, this is what you do to find out.
You sit at a chair, a nice upright chair like this,
that doesn't have a high back rest,
sit up with good posture,
and simply do range of motion on your neck.
You can look down like this,
to the right side, to the left side,
rotate this way, rotate this way.
And we're looking for that you have normal range of motion
and it's about equal both ways.
- [Bob] Plus, no pain.
- No pain.
Now, usually I've found that if this motion here-
- That one is a bad one, right.
- Yep. And if you go back like this
and your shoulder hurts more, you've got a neck problem.
- Yep. They're connected.
- And should we show a little, some treatment with that?
- One.
- One, the one that works as a vast majority of the time.
Bob, I think you and I agree with this.
If you take a towel and roll it up,
so it's nice and padded,
and you're gonna put that towel way down, low on your neck.
Okay and then you're gonna do a little chin tuck.
And if you go back like this, it hurts.
But if you support with the towel, not a lot of pressure,
but some pressure and you lean back into it.
Typically you can go a little farther,
with less pain and then you go about 10 times at the most.
- [Bob] Keep working on it.
- Yep. Now another little trick,
if it doesn't seem to be getting better
after three or four reps, then go up like this.
I'm gonna bump into my mic and make some crinkling noise.
- [Bob] Again, he's applying pressure, he's pulling.
- I'm pulling up this direction, looking up.
And then I actually arch my back
and I've had many people after about 10 reps say,
it doesn't hurt here so much anymore
but it's starting to hurt back in the neck.
If that's the case, you're doing the right thing.
You know, give it a rest after 10 repetitions,
come back and in an hour or two and work it again.
And you have to pay attention to your posture.
Right and for more details, go to BobandBrad.com
or BobandBrad.com and actually go to our neck program.
- Right. There's gonna be about 30 videos all on your neck.
Don't watch all of, 'em.
Just the ones that pertain to that,
and you'll see by the titles.
And they also have a PDF printout of the exercises
and a review of the episode.
- What more could you ask for, Brad?
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