08/04/2025
“Wait and hope it gets better!” Doesn’t work. You know this, I know this we all know this yet we still do it🤷🏾♂️.
One thing about bad health is it never comes at a good time, it may be a little inconvenient to treat your shoulder issues now, but it will be at the very worst time that your shoulder finally gives up and what was once a easy quick point in the right direction, is now a full rehabilitation program.
You aren’t doing yourself any favours putting it off, just making more long term problems!
Our general rule of thumb is wait two weeks at the very most, if after two weeks your pain hasn’t gone on its own then it’s likely not going to and likely to get worse.
National Institute for Health Research (2022) ‘One-off physiotherapy session is an effective way to treat shoulder pain’, NIHR Evidence.
Kell, E., Hammond, J.A., Andrews, S., Germeni, C., Hingston, H., Khan, S., Shearer, G. and Weeks, S. (2021) ‘An evaluation of a shoulder rehabilitation class in a UK hospital following evidence-based modifications’, Physiotherapy Practice and Research, 42(1), pp. 13–20.