Shoulder Impingement Syndrome - Physiotherapeutic Techniques and Exercises

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You are in the subtopic Physiotherapy for impingement syndrome.
You can get to the start page for this topic at Physiotherapy for impingement syndrome.

You can find the medical-orthopedic part under our topic Impingement Syndrome, written by Dr. Nicolas Gumpert.

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Who am I?
My name is Carmen Heinz. I am a specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery in the specialist team of .

The shoulder joint is one of the most complicated joints in the human body.

The treatment of the shoulder (rotator cuff, impingement syndrome, calcified shoulder (tendinosis calcarea, biceps tendon, etc.) therefore requires a lot of experience.
I treat a wide variety of shoulder diseases in a conservative way.
The aim of any therapy is treatment with full recovery without surgery.
Which therapy achieves the best results in the long term can only be determined after looking at all of the information (Examination, X-ray, ultrasound, MRI, etc.) be assessed.

You can find me in:

  • Lumedis - your orthopedic surgeon
    Kaiserstrasse 14
    60311 Frankfurt am Main

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You can find more information about myself at Carmen Heinz.

Therapy options

The conservative (non-operative therapy) has a success rate of 65-80% within one year of treatment and thus corresponds to the result of a surgical intervention. In addition to drug therapy, physiotherapeutic treatment comes into play. This can achieve significant pain relief as well as an improvement in function. If conservative therapy fails, athroscopic surgery (minimally invasive using a jointoscopy) is indicated.

Basically:

The earlier the physiotherapeutic treatment is started after the first onset of shoulder problems and the cause of the Impingement Syndrome is in the soft tissue structures, the faster and more successful the treatment will be.

The physiotherapeutic techniques and exercises for impingement syndrome are listed separately according to problem areas to provide a better overview. In practice, a treatment unit is made up of a combination of different techniques and exercises according to the individual findings (there is no isolated cause) of the patient.
The focus of the therapy offers is on self-exercises for those affected - so the help for self-help -!

Figure impingement syndrome

Impingement syndrome: Right shoulder from the front - A and painful arch (red) - B

Impingement syndrome (shoulder)
(Narrowing, crushing of the tendons)

  1. Collarbone - Clavicle
  2. Upper bone muscle -
    Supraspinatus muscle
  3. Raven beak collarbone ligament -
    Coracoclavicular ligament
  4. Shoulder and collarbone
    steer -
    Articulatio acromioclavicularis
  5. Raven beak shoulder band -
    Coracoacromiale ligament
  6. Shoulder corner - Acromion
  7. Bursa -
    Subacromial bursa
  8. Supraspinatus tendon
    (Upper bone tendon)
  9. Tendon of the long biceps head
  10. Upper arm shaft - Corpus humeri
  11. Two-headed upper arm muscle (biceps),
    long head -
    Biceps brachii muscle, caput longum
  12. Humerus head -
    Caput humeri
  13. Raven beak process -
    Coracoid process
  14. Shoulder blade - Scapula

You can find an overview of all Dr-Gumpert images at: medical illustrations