Shoulder pain treatment Phoenix

What can I do for the soreness today?

Keep your elbow near your side during chores. Move often, but stop before the arm becomes hard to control. Sleeping on your other side may help. At night, support the sore arm with a pillow under your elbow and forearm.

Ask your doctor which medicine is safe for you.

What can QC Kinetix offer for my shoulder?

QC Kinetix offers regenerative treatments, which aren't surgery and are made with your blood at the clinic. One choice is platelet-rich plasma, the blood portion left after a machine gathers more platelets into it. The clinician uses that prepared portion in your shoulder. It's meant to ease soreness and make daily movement easier.

First, the clinician checks your motion, strength, health and past care. If the exam shows you need different care, you'll hear why.

When is it worth getting my shoulder checked?

Arrange a regular visit if the ache returns or wakes you. Get checked if you can't dress, reach a shelf or lift light things as usual. Those limits help the clinician sort out joint wear, tendon trouble and shoulder stiffness. Say whether the ache stays at rest or starts only with movement. Mention hand tingling or neck pain too.

Get faster care after a fall, with a hot swollen joint, or for sudden weakness.

Sources

1. A current-concepts review of non-operative management of shoulder osteoarthritis states plainly that biologics such as PRP, bone marrow aspirate concentrate and mesenchymal stem cells 'are helpful in decreasing shoulder pain but neither stopping the progression nor improving OA', and that first-line care is physical therapy with NSAIDs.

   Yamamoto N, et al. — Non-operative management of shoulder osteoarthritis: Current concepts.. J ISAKOS, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.jisako.2023.06.002.

2. A 2025 systematic review of 1,125 patients receiving intra-articular injections for glenohumeral osteoarthritis reported a 7.2% overall complication rate and a 3.2% rate of proceeding to surgery. Hyaluronic acid showed consistent though modest benefit, while the evidence for ORTHOBIOLOGICS (PRP, bone marrow aspirate concentrate, mesenchymal stem cells) 'remains limited', mainly because of heterogeneity in design, outcomes and patient characteristics.

   Migliorini F, et al. — Intra-articular injections for shoulder arthritis in adults: a systematic review.. Eur J Med Res, 2025. DOI: 10.1186/s40001-025-03423-4.

3. A double-blind randomized trial of 70 patients with chronic glenohumeral osteoarthritis compared a single ultrasound-guided leukocyte-poor PRP injection with hyaluronic acid. There were NO significant between-group differences in SPADI, ASES or pain at any point to 12 months; both groups improved significantly from 1-2 months onward regardless of arthritis severity, and platelet yield had no effect on outcome in the PRP arm.

   Kirschner JS, et al. — Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Glenohumeral Joint Injections of Leukocyte-Poor Platelet-Rich Plasma Versus Hyaluronic Acid in the Treatment of Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled Trial.. Clin J Sport Med, 2022. DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001029.

4. A systematic review and meta-analysis of hyaluronic acid for glenohumeral osteoarthritis found VAS pain reductions of 26.2 mm at 3 months and 29.5 mm at 6 months - but SIMILAR clinical improvements in the control groups, which the authors read as evidence of a substantial placebo effect from intra-articular shoulder injection itself.

   Zhang B, et al. — Outcomes of hyaluronic acid injections for glenohumeral osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. J Shoulder Elbow Surg, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2018.09.011.