Shoulder Bursitis? Absolute Best Self-Treatment Exercises & Stretches 

My shoulder was absolutely killing me from sleeping on it. I watched this video it I slept following the positioning instructions provided on the video. My arm felt so much better. I was able to sleep through the night without being awaken by sharp pain. Thank you so much for making this video

I sent this video to a friend who has shoulder bursitis. She said, "This is a really good video. Thank you." Thank you for all you do. Might comment again later to update how she's doing.

I want to say today I found you guys when looking for stretches for my bursitis in the shoulder. I have pectoral muscle tear and super inspenatis tear quite a few years back and a stroke almost 3yrs ago and low and behold my damaged shoulder was my affected side for my stroke. In the past 4 months my left arm has almost unbearable pain at times. Im also left handed which makes it a bit harder although I can do quite a bit with right hand. Watching a few of your videos now you have given myself and my husband with spinal disease (alot of pain) new hope in pain management. Thank you Bob and Brad.

I’m an 84 year old grandma with multiple health issues. For quite some time I have been having problems with my right shoulder. Your video on this issue cured it! Several doctors have been unable to help because I cannot have surgery. Turns out I didn’t need to. Do you have one on hand and wrist problems due to piano, crochet and knitting? You are amazing!

you guys are one of the many reasons why people and the internet are amazing. My sincere thanks :)

This video got me back to sleep at 3am. Much appreciated.

omg, that thumb trick made a HUGE difference for me! So happy I subscribed to your channel. I've had adhesive capsulitis in both, (surgery on one), and currently rehabbing patella subluxation/med meniscal tears in both knees. I've abused my body way too much in the gym.

You guys are gods thank you.

Thanks these excercises reallly help!

You guys are the best! Solving all my problems! Thank you!

Another excellent video! Thank you!

Thanks guys!!!

You guys are the greatest..Seriously- thank you!

The info you provide is SO VALUABLE! You help keep moving. And you are hilarious! Thank you so much.

You are the angels and I really appreciate your work guys. Thank you so much

Wow! This video was very helpful! Thank you 👍👍

Thank you both!!!

You guys are amazing.

Wow instant relief. Did some of these movements and my shoulder already wants to stay in the socket. Awesome.

My shoulder already feels better by just watching the video 😊

Wonderful information, thanks

u guys are awesome, keep it up

thank you so much

Love this very helpful thx guys

Thanks

Thankyou.

Your videos are such lifesavers! Seriously, that chair exercise where you push down and walk away. A+! Thank you!

Thanks a lot. its really helpful

Thank you legends 🙌

i love you, i understand shoulder bursaitus now ;), best doctors in the world

thank you so much for this video . Will be doing this often. Really like your informative, funny, and easy to accomplish for what hurts.

Shoulder experts ❤.. tnx Guyz.. Will keep following up .. 👍

I’ve irritated my right and left shoulders doing exercises I don’t normally do. Thanks for this video! I do have an old bursitis injury in my left shoulder which comes and goes but now my right shoulder is killing me.

Very helpful, as always :)

A Gr8 video on my horrid shoulder bursitis

i had to do this. i figured it out after nights of severely uncomfortable pain.

that's really wild my doc just checked my shoulder bones the way you all, but these are great. Thank you

Thank you so much for this! I have been dealing with this for over 30 years and finally some relief!

Second time for bursitis & impingement after 8 yrs no pain, suffered 2 frozen shoulders & took yrs to heal but here we go again so hopefully these exercises help

Wow I'm so glad I came across this today! Because I have shoulder bursitis

You guys are UH-MAZING! I am an Exercise and Therapeutic Yoga Therapist. I need you help with the Multifidus muscle. I have been told by two different doctors that the muscle is deep in the low back, (a back muscle)and one told me it is the back wall of the abdominal muscle. Can you please tell me which one is right, and show me an exercise how to tone and stretch it? Thanks much! Be well and be blessed! Deedee

I am an athlete, so I need to train constantly and if I take rest that would affect me , what should I do in this case ?, and how long the treatment should take ?

Love you, Bob & Brad! Three of these exercises really made a difference. Here I am at 1:40 a.m. (couldn't sleep with the pain) following yr advice! My left shoulder had been "pinching" me all day long and after these protocols I feel so much better. Thank you! Merry Christmas!🎄

Thanks so much for this! Your videos are really clear and easy to follow. Do you have something on hip bursitis? And how can I search your channel for specific things I need.. Thx again

I'm a relatively fit and active 60 year old woman, but due to a congenital problem in my upper back (a fairly pronounced spinal curvature) I have been struggling with bursitis/impingement in both shoulders for years. I also think sitting at a desk typing for long periods when a legal secretary for many years was probably the main trigger. Sometimes the pain, stiffness and discomfort abates and then it flares up for no obvious reasons. I've had some physical therapy to try to address these problems and continue to incorporate daily targeted exercises, some of which I think help. I like the look of the exercises in this Bob and Brad video as some of them are new to me. Unfortunately, my favourite form of exercise, swimming mainly front crawl, is probably not helping my latest bursitis "flare" very much, but I find it more comfortable than breast stroke. I've reduced my swimming from 5 to 3 times weekly but will likely stop swimming for an extended period in the hope this will give me longer-term bursitis relief. BTW when I stand straight with arms down, my thumbs point outwards, which suggests my actual posture is good.

Great video. I have been diagnosed with sub deltoid bursitis. I have been doing the exercises you suggest in the video. I also undergo laser treatment but not sure if it is of any help. Can I apply ice? Is it ok if I do assisted push ups on my knees to avoid stress on my shoulder? The pain shoots down to the bicep. Thank you guys.

Winona, MN representing!!

You help ME keep moving.

as an exercise - Seated with lap parallel to the floor, would putting the back of the hand between the legs pushing out against the needs, and / or palms on the outside of the knees pushing in, be equivalent to using the bands or light weight?

What was the name of the video where you discussed high dosing pain relief for three days?

Thank you so much my shoulder hurts like crazy

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Going to try these, was told I have a pinched bursa sac in shoulder from a weight lifting injury

I'm suffering shoulder bursitis since 2019 diagnostic minimal fluid 😢😢😢 these days are going so painful.. hope these exercises will work for me too😢😢

Yeah!!!

are pullups ok to do with this? Is that considered an overhead excercise?

Sorry that this is off topic, but what is your opinion about sitting on a doughnut pillow at work to help with posture and maybe help to prevent sciatic pain ?

Nice video👍 I have a question to ask.. I have a patients who has developed a small cyst in the glenoid cavity. What physical therapy can be provided to him?

I have subacromial bursitis with impingement. He suggests getting cortisone. Should I do that or do these exercises instead to remove the inflammation?

I’m doing some of these exercises cause my shoulder hurts. I would like to know in how long I’ll be pain free

I absolutely have no real strength in my right should which has the bursitis. I could not even lift my arms while doing the "I part of the IYT exercise". Is alright to do the "YT" until I'm stronger in my shoulder to include the "I"? Thanks for your video.

Can you tell me which pillows you are using? Does the type of pillow matter?

I'm not overloaded!

Opening refrigerators 100 times a day. It's new and the suction is insane. Left arm was pulled to help me up off the floor wrist is injured I've had a shot in both 3 mo ago.

I have had shoulder bursitis for at least three months now and my doctor says it Time to use cortisone, will this heal my Bursa or just get rid of the pain ?

i have a Stiff back every morning i wake up and i start working in kitchen and thn when i sit i cant bend my back is that stiff it takes me 10 to 15 minutes to get normal

I woke up last week and no function in my right hand!! it's weak, it turns inward I can't do anything comb hair, put on makeup I can't do anything, Nada!! I guess it's Clubbing?? I have had strokes, cancer and DX with MS!! Will my hand function come?? please advise

are you in California?

What to do when feeling inflamed and after a few exercises it feels pain too? Anyone experiencing it ?

Hello, Internet's Most Famous Physical Therapists - I am an athletic person in my sixties who just returned from the orthopedist who diagnosed me with right shoulder bursitis. Speaking of overload, I was handed a print-out of seventeen stretches and strengthening exercises, and instructions to "do them twice a day." You've recommended and demonstrated all of them, in one shoulder video or another, which is incredibly helpful and I thank you. Can I ask - do you think it necessary to do all of them each time I work out the shoulder? Could I do half of them in the morning and half in the afternoon? (I'd do some stretch and some strengthening each time.)

Hi, how can i treat elbow(olecranon) bursitis? I have it since December, maybe it was disappeared in March and it's come back last week. Sorry for my bad english. Thanks!

Is Brad wearing a Carolina Hurricanes tie?

I have this right now and got an injection. The dr said ice wouldn’t help. But looks like it will. No sleeping sucks.

Why does heat help with my pain with bursitis? Cold makes it worse?

Does bursitis involve clicking in the shoulders

why my shoulder pops with movement?

I’m suffering with this, and I hate it 💪🏻😣🤕😭

I can't bend like you guys are showing. My range of motion is terrible

I wish the camera person would forget about the speaker's faces and ZOOM in on the area in question. Like Z O O M in closer than closer. Close enough to actually see what they are talking about. Thank You.

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Every exercise you show and I try to do is excruciating. :( Is it not bursitis and something else?

One day, you two will fix that broken heart as well. I'm certain of it

I’ve tried all of this - nothing is making my bursitis/tendinitis go away. Had a cortisone shot 2 months ago - improved the ROM did nothing else, still ceaseless gnawing pain there. Can barely exercise anymore. What a miserable ailment.

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Napoleon has been disarmed

There is loud talking in backgound, its very distracting.

Thank you for all of your time, energy, and effort. Could you please avoid making videos when there is competition from the voices of other people in the room?

green lipped shell fish MUSSEL resolved my 6 years of shoulder pain in 2 weeks

These two still alive?