Treat Your Own Shoulder™

From the Worldwide Best-Selling Treat Your Own Series, this Book offers Education and Self-Treatment Techniques to Help Prevent or Reduce Pain and Regain Mobility

Written by physiotherapist Robin McKenzie, Treat Your Own Shoulder™ provides a rational explanation for the causes of joint pain, specifically shoulder pain and explains how, over time, unhealthy posture can contribute significantly to shoulder pain. You will receive education on postures, activities and exercises you can do to remain free of disabling symptoms. You will also receive advice on how to avoid detrimental forces of daily living and how to apply beneficial strategies.

Color photos and simple step-by-step instructions show you how to perform a systematic exercise sequence with shoulder stretches that can be done just about anywhere to help treat and prevent pain. The shoulder therapy exercise program includes details on when to perform exercises, how to determine if you’re ready to move on to the next exercise, how to perform the exercises correctly, what to do when the pain has subsided, and how to prevent recurrence of pain.

A Comprehensive Patient Handbook

Complete with photos, diagrams, and instruction throughout, the Treat Your Own series focuses on improving habits through simple exercises and exploring the causes and treatment of chronic pain. Designed to educate and promote better patient habits, Treat Your Own books are an informative and helpful resource for those who suffer from chronic pain or discomfort. This patient handbook provides an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, alleviate, treat and manage debilitating shoulder and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer.

In Treat Your Own Shoulder you’ll learn:

About the role of the neck in shoulder pain
How to determine if your pain is coming from your neck or your shoulder
The basic anatomy of the scapula, shoulder and neck region
The functions of the shoulder region and why it’s vulnerable to strains and overstretching
The basics of mechanical shoulder back pain
How unhealthy posture strains the shoulder over time
How to practice healthy posture and improve joint health
Common causes of shoulder pain and how to manage it
How to treat a frozen shoulder
How the McKenzie Method® works
A simple exercise sequence that offers a systematic approach to treating shoulder pain
Color photos and details showing when and how to perform the exercises
Lifestyle and healthy posture habits to help treat and prevent recurrence of shoulder pain

About the Author

Robin McKenzie, _{CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), Dip MDT, Dip MT}

World-renowned Physiotherapist Robin McKenzie devoted more than 40 years to developing a system of examination and treatment for non-specific spinal mechanical pain, known as the McKenzie Method®. The McKenzie Method® offers an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan that includes education and exercises to quickly and effectively diagnose, treat and help decrease or alleviate debilitating pain, even for the long-term sufferer. This revolutionary self-treatment plan has empowered hundreds of thousands of people to treat their own pain.

McKenzie Method® Books and Supports

Robin McKenzie created the world's first lumbar roll in 1968. The Original McKenzie® line now includes lumbar and cervical supports for people of all sizes and preferences. His series of Treat Your Own books has grown to address mechanical pain throughout the body.

From the Back Cover

This is the third book in the best-selling Treat Your Own series, with the first two, Treat Your Own Back™ and Treat Your Own Neck™, being translated into 18 different languages and selling over 6 million copies worldwide. Numerous international studies have confirmed that the McKenzie Method® allows sufferers to take control of their own pain and postural management, avoid surgery and a long-term costly dependence upon clinicians―thereby reflecting Robin McKenzie’s selfless determination to put the patient first and empower self-care.