Best Practice Education

Best practice framing supports guideline-concordant self-management for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain. Best practice education emphasizes that most shoulder pain is not serious and is not a reliable indicator of tissue damage. The BP group showed a modestly higher rate of unhappiness or frustration compared to both BP+PS and SF groups. Best practice framing — while reassuring clinically — can feel discordant or dismissive to some patients when delivered without additional pain science context. Best practice education recommends simple self-management strategies including heat, cold, simple pain medicines, activity modification, and exercise.