Nagging shoulder problem!

[gabulldogs02]

About 3-4 years ago i pulled some tendons in my left rear delt water skiiing. Shoulder presses are near impossible and my left shoulder is lagging a lot! Anyone have any input as far as strenghtening my shoulder?

 

[cubuff27]

If it is that f*cked up you may look into surgery...nothing else is going to fix tendons.

 

[musketeer]

See an OSTEOPATH (pref. a Doctor of osteopathy) or/and a ART (active release techniques) practitioner. At $50-200 per hour they are not exactly cheap, but I was healed in 4 sessions by the ART guy and (several years later) in 2 session by the osteo doc - my injuries were also serious.

 

[muscelove]

ART is that when they massage you really hard to loosen up scar tissue etc. and promote bloodflow to the area?
And what exactly does an osteopath do????
I too have a slight shoulder injury that seems to hang around

 

[musketeer]

You are right about the ART - it's quite painful, but I used to look forward to it because I would come out feeling 30% better after every 1/2 hour treatment.

The osteopath is basically a joint doctor, but they deal with the things that affect a joints health such as musce tone and tendon scarring.

They use a different type of massage but are both (in my opinion) the most effective forms of treatment for semi-serious injury. I would always try them before investigating surgery.