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“Shoulder & elbow surgery cannot be
performed in isolation and requires
the expertise of specialist
therapists to get the best results.”
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If you were buying a car, you would think
carefully about what make and model you wanted,
you may use a specialist garage to service it
for you, rather than just going to the closest
or the cheapest, because you wanted to give it
the best quality care and protect your
investment.
So why treat your body differently? Here at
HurtArms we only work with shoulders. We
have years of experience and have been trained
by and worked with some of the best shoulder
clinicians in the world.
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We can’t promise you a cure, but we can promise
to help you to make the best of your shoulder.
Our experience and results are available on this
site so that you can compare them to others and
make an informed choice for yourself.
Philosophy
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The shoulder is the most mobile joint in
your body. There is a large ball on the
end of your arm bone (humerus) balanced
in a tiny, flat socket on your shoulder
blade (scapula).
Although this allows for a great deal of
movement, it also makes your shoulder an
unstable joint. Shoulder ligaments
usually only get tight towards the
extremes of movement, and so for most
arm positions the muscles around the
shoulder (your “rotator cuff”) are what
control your arm bone in the socket.
Your shoulder moves smoothly when your
muscles work as a team. However
accidents, illness, tiredness and even
age and poor habits can interfere with
this smooth movement, leading to pain
and in some rare cases even dislocation
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We use modern technology in addition to years of
skill and expertise to help you gain control of
your shoulder again. After a
thorough assessment, we will select what
treatment is appropriate for you and your
shoulder. You will be given full instructions,
and also help and advice for at home, work and
play. Usually you will have exercises to do, as
you can only learn to control your arm by moving
it yourself.
We will use validated outcome measures
wherever possible to independently examine your
progress
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and we will make these
results available on our website.
If we feel that we cannot help you, we will tell
you quickly and pass you on to someone else if
we can. We have personal links with some of the
best shoulder & elbow surgeons and therapists
around the world.
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“Taking account of the patient’s problems, a
published, standardised, valid, reliable and
responsive outcome measure is used to evaluate
the change in the patient’s health status.”
Standard 6, Core Standards of Physiotherapy
Practice 2005, the Chartered Society of
Physiotherapy.
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