Hot on the heels of my Back Care course I’ve just completed a one day course on the shoulder. This course was run by Jenny Herron a first class Physiotherapist and covered everything you ever wanted to know about the shoulder but were afraid to ask 
The bottom line when it comes to shoulder problems, pain in the shoulder or restricted shoulder mobility is that getting an accurate diagnosis without a scan of the area is very challenging. All the normal tests can do is attempt to pin point what the problem is but because most of the symptoms are very similar they aren’t that useful.
Having said that an experienced Physiotherapist will be able to prescribe suitable exercises for you to perform in an attempt to help you increase your shoulder mobility and stability.
Many Physiotherapists will recommend you then find a Pilates class to help you continue with the rehabilitation process. This is important because once the Physiotherapists has finished treating you you are expected to continue doing any exercise they’ve prescribed on your own and therein lies the problem. Most people don’t have the will or discipline to continue with these exercises once no one is checking up on them 
This means the shoulder will not continue to strengthen and become more mobile in fact the opposite can occur.
However Pilates is designed to do help improve shoulder mobility, flexibility and strength so taking up Pilates can pick up where your Physiotherapist left off.
When you consider all the other benefits regular Pilates exercises can give you helping with your shoulder problem is the icing on the cake
Bob Bartram
(Pilates Instructor)