for over 20 years
VIC 3012, Australia
Serving Melbourne
for over 30 years
35 Churchill Ave , Maidstone, VIC 3012, Australia
Unable to lift your arm above your head without pain? Reaching to the back seat of the car becoming a problem? Struggling to get out and play golf or tennis or perhaps no longer able to enjoy that morning swim or run?
Shoulder pain can really affect your quality of life. We take our arm movements for granted until things go wrong.
The design of the shoulder allows for an amazing range of movement in every direction, but this can come at a cost. Unfortunately what we gain in mobility we lose in stability making the shoulder one of the more frequently injured joints in the body.
Whilst the shoulder seems like a simple joint, in actual fact shoulder movement is actually the result of a series of complicated movements over four different joints. A breakdown in the function of any of these joints can result in imbalances, pain and dysfunction.
For some people this dysfunction is a result of direct trauma from sporting activities, over use, or physical injury at home or work. In some people the cause may be due to dysfunction in the neck or other areas of the body.
We often find many shoulder problems are just imbalances arising from long term muscle changes or poorly firing sequences of motion resulting in inflammation and pain. Quite often these respond very quickly to simple treatment.
Understanding the complexity of something that seems as simple as lifting your arm is critical in deciphering the various causes of shoulder pain. With a thorough assessment of your function the goal is to quickly isolate your primary source of dysfunction.
We are a natural health care center that provides chiropractic services. Known among the best chiropractors in Maidstone, our practitioners are trained in Applied Kinesiology and are focused on not just pain, but total health and well being for everyone from infants to professional athletes. We create individual programs based on thorough assessments empowering you to decide whether you just want to get out of pain or really improve the quality of your health and life.
Our practitioners are either certified or diplomates in Applied Kinesiology by the International College of Applied Kinesiology and are also nationally registered Chiropractors. The knowledge they have allows us to quickly identify problems of a structural and physiological nature allowing us to work with problems beyond what most people have classically associated with Chiropractic care.
The result is a level of care not experienced by many previously.
We understand the importance of first-class chiropractic treatment and do what it takes to offer high-quality yet affordable services so you can live your best life.
The team at Spinewise is passionate, committed, and caring, ready to serve patients across key areas in and around Melbourne.
We are a natural health care center that provides chiropractic services. Known among the best chiropractors in Maidstone, our practitioners are trained in Applied Kinesiology and are focused on not just pain, but total health and well being for everyone from infants to professional athletes. We create individual programs based on thorough assessments empowering you to decide whether you just want to get out of pain or really improve the quality of your health and life.
Our practitioners are either certified or diplomates in Applied Kinesiology by the International College of Applied Kinesiology and are also nationally registered Chiropractors. The knowledge they have allows us to quickly identify problems of a structural and physiological nature allowing us to work with problems beyond what most people have classically associated with Chiropractic care.
The result is a level of care not experienced by many previously.
We understand the importance of first-class chiropractic treatment and do what it takes to offer high-quality yet affordable services so you can live your best life.
The team at Spinewise is passionate, committed, and caring, ready to serve patients across key areas in and around Melbourne.
We use a layered assessment approach:
Shoulder pain can arise from joint irritation, muscle imbalance, nerve involvement, or referred pain from other areas. In some circumstances shoulder problems can be a complexed functional issue the result of prolonged failed neuromuscular control, resulting muscle imbalances and chronic inflammation.
Accurate assessment and diagnosis of complex shoulder movement patterns is critical to successful care.
Yes — particularly in early to moderate stages.
For rotator cuff irritation, we focus on restoring proper scapular stability, joint mechanics, motion control and muscle activation.
Frozen shoulder is one of these complicated motion-inflammatory control disorders. Restoring correct function, reducing inflammation followed with neurological and gradual physical rehabilitation can often support mobility restoration.
There are many clues that could suggest spinal involvement, however, often problems are sub-clinical and don’t present any differently. A few symptoms that could potentially raise concern of spinal involvement include:
The cervical spine plays a significant role in shoulder function and should always be assessed when evaluating shoulder complaints.
Yes, but never alone.
Applied Kinesiology allows us to assess functional inhibition patterns — where muscles test weak not because they lack strength, but because neurological input is disrupted.
This helps us identify compensation patterns and tailor treatment precisely rather than guessing.
When combining Applied Kinesiology with traditional orthopaedic, functional neurological, strength and physiological assessments, Applied Kinesiology enhances our understanding of the integration of movement.
Acute strains may improve within weeks.
Chronic or long-standing dysfunction typically requires a structured program over several weeks sometimes months, depending on the mechanisms and structures involved and the neurological adaptation that has taken place.
We’ll guide you step by step.
The sooner the better!
But if you’ve woken up with a shoulder that’s a little sore and pain persists beyond 1–2 weeks, limits daily function, disrupts sleep, or keeps returning — it’s time for an assessment.
Early intervention often prevents longer recovery times.
We are a natural health care centre that provides Chiropractic and Natural Health services. Our practitioners are trained in Applied Kinesiology and are focused on not just pain, but total health and wellbeing for everyone from infants to professional athletes.
