Acupuncture for Shoulder Pain

The shoulder is the most flexible joint in the human body and cost of this flexibility is an increased risk of injury which acupuncture for shoulder pain can address. The shoulder has numerous structures, and these major moving parts are connected by a system of ligaments. When coordination in the shoulder system is poor, any of several specific structural weak points can be damaged. Injury may occur suddenly or over time.

Acupuncture for shoulder pain can achieve significant results in reducing inflammation and managing pain in cases of acute injuries such as clavicle fracture and rotator cuff tear or chronic cases such as frozen shoulder and shoulder arthritis.

Whether your condition is acute or chronic, at Bern Akupunktur I use acupuncture for shoulder pain to reduce the inflammation and help with the rehabilitation of the shoulder. Acupuncture treatment for shoulder pain can help reduce inflammation and swelling both directly and indirectly. Inserting needles at location of inflammation initiates the anti-inflammatory agents directly through histamine released in the tissue.

In case of chronic shoulder pain, acupuncture treatments address both the underlying cause of the pain as well as the pain signal. This approach is also what gives acupuncture its successes in the treatment of these problems.