Shoulders pain can limit your ability to lift, carry, or even sleep comfortably. It may come from everyday habits, injuries, or poor posture—and it often gets worse if ignored.

Shoulder pain can impact you on a daily basis while lifting, reaching or sleeping comfortably. Similarly, it may come on slow or simply worsen with time. Once the underlying issue goes untreated it can worsen. As you may already know, poor posture is one of the reasons people experience shoulders pain, especially rounded shoulders and forward head position which contribute to muscle imbalances while placing additional strain on the shoulder joint. It may also be the result of repetitive movements from activities such as “shoulder carrying” with a purse or bag on one shoulder, long hours at a desk, or sleeping in awkward position/positions. Regardless of the reason, when you could be experiencing soft tissue structures being compressed, inflammation, or restriction during motion, it brings pain and stiffness. It takes old injuries (fall, jerk) to cause the pain if left untreated even from these relatively mild strains. Some people may even confuse stress or weightlifting upper body tension with weakness and are not aware of the muscle strength they possess. Untreated pain has the potential to get worse over time, affect posture, and limit ability for what should be routine movement.