Pickleball is becoming a popular sport among people of all ages. Injuries from pickleball are increasing, and shoulder pain is common from the sport. Injuries to the shoulder include rotator cuff tears, tendonitis, and bursitis. The stretches & exercises in this video can help strengthen, relieve pain, and loosen up the muscles around the shoulder and neck area.
Starting off with pendulums for Pickleball Shoulder Pain Relief can be a great way to relax the shoulder and improve motion. These can be done with circles, front to back, and side to side.
Next, table slides are a more active motion and stretch, but the arm is supported to help reduce pain while doing the movement.
A chest stretch is a great way to improve posture. When the shoulders roll forward from tight pec muscles, it can cause pain and impingement of the shoulder.
Finally, active assisted stretches with a stick are great for getting some more active movement, but still having some support against gravity to push motion without as much pain.
Cervical spondylosis can cause achiness and soreness as well as decreased motion in the neck. These stretches and exercises may help relieve the symptoms.
Cervical radiculopathy, aka a pinched nerve in the neck, is basically when the nerve coming out of the spine gets irritated at the nerve root. This can cause pain & weakness going down into the arm. These simple stretches & exercises may help relieve the pain.
Often a tight levator scapulae muscle can cause neck pain because many of the muscles in the neck area go down into the shoulder as well. My favorite stretch for this area is a levator scapulae stretch.
The neck flexor muscles are a set of deep muscles in the front of your neck that help keep your neck in a neutral position, and they also help with posture. Neck Flexors often become overused and weak due to long term phone and computer use. This causes forward neck posture which can cause pain, headaches, and sometimes even dizziness. These neck flexor stretches and exercises should help.
Doctor Jo shows some simple stretches for neck pain. Remember to be very careful with neck stretching exercises, and make sure you have a proper diagnosis from your doctor.
Cervical vertigo, also called cervicogenic dizziness, is a feeling of disorientation or unsteadiness caused by a neck injury or health condition that affects the neck. Here are some neck stretches & exercises that can help provide relief.
Frozen shoulder, technically known as adhesive capsulitis, is a condition that causes stiffness and pain in the shoulder joint from adhesion build-up in the joint capsule. Stretches & exercises like these can help speed up the recovery time.
Tinnitus is often referred to as “ringing in the ears,” but it can include sounds of buzzing, hissing, whistling, swooshing, and clicking. These stretches may help relieve cervical tinnitus.
A Crick in the neck usually refers to a sudden, sharp pain or tightness in the neck or surrounding muscles. It can be caused by many things because several muscles in the neck also go down into the shoulder. These neck stretches & exercises may help relieve a crick in the neck.
