it helped a lot. woke up Friday with an excruciating crick in my neck. sounds like we could both use a good Physical Therapist.

I was in a bad car accident, and my shoulder can hurt like death. I'm pretty fit, but damn.

Mine was killing me so bad a few weeks ago I was desperate. I do bone scans all day and knew this could be painful but man o man! A doctor told me "take heart, it will only get worse".

sounds about right. I was just stunned that I found something other than cortisone shots that helped.

It's called "giant cell arteritis" and it normally affects the carotids, causing jaw and/or head pain, but it can affect arteries which manifest in the shoulders. Steroids alleviate it, but they have to be administered for a fairly long period to cure it. A blood test will tell whether or not you have it, and is the only definitive diagnosis.

and a long standing issue in one particular shoulder. Thank you for you input, though . I have most certainly contacted my doctor, since he is the one that shoots it up with cortisone when it flares up.

Hanging is the neutral position of the shoulder.
I dramatically improved my shoulder pain by following the directions at Kirshshoulder.com after a year and a half of other rehab that did not work.

Check it out and tell your friends! Best of luck! PM me if you want to chat more about it.

http://www.kirschshoulder.com/Kirsch_Shoulder/Home.html

and encourage people that can't use this type of therapy, but for me personally, it feels a hundred times better. I have no idea why the technique works, it just does for me.

I just accidentally stumbled on a way to help my shoulder pain. I advocate nothing, just telling my story, so to speak.

a surgeon explains the science behind why this works complete with amazing photos. I have had great results with it and have clients that also report very good results. It may not be the answer for everyone in terms of injury rehab, but it is worth looking into by most everyone esp if the are not injured to prevent injury. Hanging is the neutral position of the shoulder as the photos show.

because dangling off the porch was getting dangerous.

And hanging off of the top of doors was also getting dangerous.

Most of us don't have nearly the range of motion in our shoulders that we need. I'm bad, but getting better at it.

It is also good for working the muscles in the upper back and decompressing the spine.

for my office. I have a really fancy toy called an omni gym that I splurged on when my last kid moved out. http://www.omni-gym.com/product5.html

Yeah.. it's a bit of overkill, but really fun! The best part of hanging is that it is good for you and free!!!

but once I got it put together, it rocks!

I can hold onto the forward grips and do leg lifts to my heart's content. I'll have some abs for days with this.

Can't figure out how to manage pullups, but I think that is because an armoire blocks the door on one side and I don't really have another location.

Still, hanging on the grips feels fantastic - my spine hasn't been this loose, strong and pain-free in years!

Crossing my fingers!!