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Is your at-home office causing neck, shoulder, back, or hip pain? Learn how to set-up your desk to reduce neck, shoulder, and back pain plus relieve tension from long days at the desk in this series. Need one-on-one guidance? Call us to set up an at-home evaluation online to get you working pain-free! 508-675-3200
Don’t risk rotator cuff or shoulder injury! Warm-up properly! If you’re planning on doing any upper body work- be it gardening, throwing, lifting, or carrying- use this shoulder warm-up guide to get your body ready for the demands you’ll be placing upon it. #rotatorcuff #shoulderpain #warmup #painfree #spechtpt #keepmoving
When working from home, make sure your desk area promotes optimal posture to prevent back, neck, and shoulder pain. Find out how to set up your computer and seat properly in this video! ** Have a tough home office situation? Contact us today to schedule a free office set-up! **
To end our series, after showing you exercises to release tight trap muscles and alleviating “text neck”, we show you how to correctly strengthen your back muscles to help prevent overactive trap muscles and a forward neck posture.
Usually trap or shoulder pain can be relieved by rest, ice, stretching, massage, or taping and muscle therapy. However, speak to your doctor or physical therapist if you experience severe pain or pain lasting more than a week, an inability to move the shoulder or neck, signs of infection, such as skin redness and fever, […]
Previously in the Trap Therapy Series, we’ve shown ways to release upper trap tension. This week, we demonstrate an exercise to strengthen the posterior (back) muscles of the neck to help alleviate pain due to lengthened and weak “text neck”!
Over-tight or over-used upper trapezius muscles may need more than an occasional stretch or massage. Therapies to help release chronic tension include dry needling, ice & heat therapy, kinesiology tape applications, or the addition of NSAIDs. Contact a Specht physical therapist for help if your upper trap or shoulder pain is not relieved by stretching […]
Use this exercise to train your shoulders to move properly and relax upper trap, neck, and shoulder tension!
If you suffer from tension headaches or overactive traps, this stretch will help alleviate soreness and release these over-used muscles during daily task and when exercising.
If you suffer from tension headaches or overactive traps, this lacrosse ball release will help alleviate soreness and release these over-used muscles during daily task and when exercising.
