Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

Shoulder Injuries Are Skyrocketing: Key Stats for Chiropractors

17 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube presentation by Jeff Langmaid highlighting the high prevalence of shoulder injuries in athletes—especially swimmers and volleyball players—and urging chiropractors to learn diagnosis and treatment to expand clinical opportunities. The speaker emphasizes that shoulder pain is common, can lead to prolonged disability (e.g., frozen shoulder), and represents a large patient need.

Questions this video answers

Up to 38% (speaker says 'In swimming up to 38% of athletes will sustain shoulder injuries within one year').

23% (speaker: '23% of volleyball players experience dominant shoulder pain during any individual season').

Up to ~40% (speaker: 'swimming up to 40% nearly of individuals having shoulder injuries').

Chapters

In swimming up to 38% of athletes will sustain shoulder injuries within one year. That's wild. 23% of volleyball players experience dominant shoulder pain during any individual season. So this is a lot of people. This is not one. You look at the amount of people on the court playing volleyball and that means one of them probably has shoulder pain going on right then probably two in that case swimming up to 40% nearly of individuals having shoulder injuries. So this is a really big deal and if you can get good at diagnosing at treating at base level discussing shoulder injuries this is going to open up a world of opportunity for you and your practice taking care of these individuals. They're going to be super grateful for it because I can tell you shoulder pain is tough and we all know on the far extreme shoulder hurts they're not moving so much. Fast track to frozen shoulder now you're talking about an extended period of time that becomes challenged.