Pain felt in the shoulder area can sometimes be coming from your neck. This is because the nerves and muscles that arise from your neck pass through your shoulder on their way down the arm. The nerves from your neck (Nerve Roots) also travel down your arm (via the Brachial Plexus). Thus neck pain may extend down your arm.
You may have shoulder pain originating from the shoulder but equally it could be coming from your neck. How can you find out? Physios are specialized in examining this and differentiating between the two.
It is super important to know where your pain is originating from so that you can get the correct treatment and rehab plan, so come and see us if you can’t get rid of that painful shoulder .