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Are You Getting Enough?

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Sleep…I Mean. Shoulder pain can often cause you to have a disrupted and uncomfortable nights sleep, leading to fatigue, stress and anxiety about what is going on. In my experience, night time shoulder pain is common among those with bursitis and rotator cuff tendinopathy. There also seems to be some relationship between night pain and the overall severity of symptoms. It is often reported by my patients as an unrelenting night time ache, making lying on the affected side impossible without sleep disturbance. Would You Like To Get More? In this ABC interview you can listen to Dr Roger Allan … Continue reading →

Injured Workers Who Actively Participate in Rehabilitation & Return to Work Early Do Better

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Workers’ compensation is a type of insurance that can pay your wages and medical costs should you sustain a shoulder injury due to your employment. WorkCover Queensland is the exclusive provider of accident insurance for work-related injuries in Queensland, with the exception of self-insurers. WorkCover Queensland endeavours to work with you, your employer and medical providers like us to help you recover from the injury and return to work. If you have been injured at work or because of work, you should: Consult your local doctor and get a workers’ compensation medical certificate Tell your employer about your injury and … Continue reading →

Improve Your Moves with The Shoulder Guy

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It’s not every day that the Australian Physiotherapy Association puts out a marketing video to promote the profession and the life changing benefits that physiotherapy can offer. This is a great little piece which highlights the fact that without movement life is just not possible and there are so many opportunities to improve your move, participate in some useful activity and share the enjoyment of movement with others, including our pets. Enjoy this… Improve Your Move >> Book A Consult Today

Feeling Confused, Frustrated or Ignored?

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Unfortunately, you’re not alone. A prospective patient phoned the Shoulder Guy office one day to ask about our shoulder physiotherapy service because she was distraught about her treatment options regarding her painful shoulder. You see she had been left to fend for herself after consulting physiotherapists and an orthopaedic surgeon with no resolution of her healthcare concerns. She was so frustrated that in a last ditched effort to find a solution or at least someone that would listen to her, she searched Google looking for in her words “a shoulder specialist for a second opinion”. “Thankfully” she said, “I came … Continue reading →

Miners Seek Shoulder Injury Treatment in the Big Smoke

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Shoulder injuries amongst Queensland miners seems to be on the increase or at least it seems that way with an increase in work related shoulder injury referrals to Shoulder Guy Physiotherapy from miners across the state and even as far as PNG. Whether it be working with or near underground mining equipment, stepping off a long haul dump truck or securing a drilling rig in readiness to frack a coal seam; working in the mining industry can be and often is dangerous and (significant shoulder) injuries do happen. Thankfully, the majority of shoulder injuries we have seen directly related to … Continue reading →