Shoulder Pain: Physiotherapy patients who believe in their ability to move show better recovery

An observational study showed that patients believed in their ability to move despite the pain in the shoulder and hoped for a positive result.1

Rachel Chester, lead author of the study at East Anglia University in Norwich, said, "The management of physiotherapy is effective for many people suffering from shoulder pain, but not for everybody. We wanted to know what factors predicted why some people did better than others. "

The persistent musculoskeletal pain in the shoulder represents about 3% of visits to the general practitioner each year. The pain can be disabling …