How to Assess Stiff Shoulders

Most of these stiff shoulders will feel a little bit weak, but they won't get the pain response on resisted testing. You should either see one is slightly stiffer or it is weaker and painful. And you use a brake test there or a make test? What do you tend to use? Again, it depends on the individual in front of me, but I tend to push into pain. So, you know, try and push as hard as they can. But if they've got no pain, keep going until they break,. I will stop, obviously, before they start screaming and shouting at me, if they're in too much pain.

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