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Your shoulder is made up of many bones, tendons and muscles that all serve different functions, and stress or tension in them can develop into shoulder pain. The severity of shoulder pain varies depending on where or how it began, and it can limit your range of motion, disrupt your sleep, and make it difficult for you to engage in everyday activities. While the method used to treat shoulder pain will vary depending on the cause, in most cases massage therapy has been shown to effectively treat and prevent shoulder pain.

No matter the cause of your shoulder pain, massage therapy can be used to effectively increase your range of motion, ease pain, and prevent further injury of the shoulder. This is because a shoulder massage delivers the following benefits to anyone suffering from shoulder pain:

• Increases blood supply
• Increases range of motion
• Strengthens and stabilises muscles
• Treats sports-related injuries

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, massage is seen as having a holistic impact on the client, promoting physical as well as emotional health and well-being. In other words, thousands of years of Traditional Chinese Medicine concur with increasing evidence from Western scientific studies: Massage can be a powerful tool for wellness.

Chinese massage, like Western massage traditions, is thought to be useful in alleviating chronic pain and emotional distress, improving mobility and function of the body and supporting healing from illness and injury. The details of how massage is thought to achieve this are a little different than in Western traditions, however.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the body is thought to function optimally when the fundamental life energy called qi (also spelled chi), can flow freely through the meridians, or energy pathways. Health ailments and pain are often the result of blockages in the flow of qi.

Stiffness or tension in soft tissue, connective tissue, and joints can disrupt the circulation of qi. Massage can aid in releasing muscle tension and knots and improving flexibility and range of motion, facilitating the healthy movement of qi throughout the body. This in turn helps organs and other body systems function well.

Acupoints are specific locations of the body where qi often collects or pools. These points can be targeted by both acupuncture and acupressure treatment to restore the free flow of qi. In acupuncture, narrow needles are inserted into the surface of the skin to achieve this; in acupressure, finger pressure is used instead.