The full four-stage programme for rotator cuff related shoulder pain — from an irritable shoulder that wakes you at night to pressing overhead with confidence.
Read this if: your pain is on the outside or front of the shoulder, worse reaching up or out to the side, often worse at night, and it built up over weeks rather than in one injury. This is not a diagnosis — if that does not describe your pain, start with the shoulder baseline or get assessed.
Written by Joseph Reynolds, private MSK physiotherapist · HCPC & CSP registered