# What to know before using this site *About This Site - Shoulder Pain Treatment Queen Creek* > What this shoulder pain treatment Queen Creek site can and can’t tell you, plus what the ownership note means before you book care. ## What to remember while your shoulder is sore Your arm aches, and you want useful guidance without a sales talk. This site offers general facts, but it can’t diagnose your shoulder. The note at the bottom says the clinic may benefit if you book. Keep that business link in mind while weighing the advice. You aren’t expected to judge medical papers on your own. The listed sources only show where the health facts came from. No page can move your arm or check warning signs. When soreness stays, a hands-on exam gives you personal answers. ## What to do with the ownership note Use the advice to prepare for a visit, not predict a result. No treatment here is a promise about what will happen. General advice may not fit the way your soreness began. Slow stiffness and sudden weakness need different care. Ask a doctor which parts fit your symptoms and medicines. It’s fine to ask why a test or treatment is suggested. Costs, insurance, and treatment limits also belong in that talk. Get each answer before you agree to care. Can this page replace a doctor’s opinion? It can’t, because nobody here has examined your shoulder. If a source sounds confusing, take your question to the visit. You don’t need to settle medical arguments before getting help. Keep notes about sleep, dressing, and any lost movement. Those details will help a doctor understand what changed. Chest symptoms, fever, a misshapen arm, or new weakness need faster help. Ordinary soreness can wait for a regular appointment. The ownership wording stays at the bottom of each page. Read it once and return to the advice you need. ## Sources 1. The Cochrane review of corticosteroid injections for shoulder pain included 26 trials (median 52 participants each) and concluded there is LITTLE overall evidence to guide treatment: subacromial injection for rotator cuff disease showed a small benefit over placebo in some trials but no benefit over NSAIDs when three trials were pooled, and intra-articular injection for adhesive capsulitis showed a possible early benefit that was 'small and not well-maintained'. Buchbinder R, et al. — [Corticosteroid injections for shoulder pain.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12535501/). *Cochrane Database Syst Rev*, 2003. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004016. 2. The Cochrane review of manual therapy and exercise for adhesive capsulitis included 32 trials and 1,836 participants and found NO trial comparing the combination against placebo or no intervention. Moderate-quality evidence showed six weeks of manual therapy plus exercise produced LESS improvement at seven weeks than glucocorticoid injection (pain change 32 versus 58 points on a 100-point scale; function 14 versus 39 points), with similar adverse events. Page MJ, et al. — [Manual therapy and exercise for adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder).](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25157702/). *Cochrane Database Syst Rev*, 2014. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011275. 3. In January 2025 federal court orders permanently BANNED the co-founders of the Stem Cell Institute of America and related companies from marketing stem cell therapy and imposed $5,155,146 in civil penalties and consumer refunds. The court found on summary judgment that they published false and misleading advertisements about the efficacy and approval of stem cell injections for conditions including osteoarthritis; the affiliated clinic charged up to $5,000 per injection, almost entirely to elderly and disabled consumers. Federal Trade Commission — [Stem Cell Institute Co-Founders and Companies Banned from Marketing Stem Cell Treatments and Ordered to Pay More Than $5.1 Million for Refunds and Civil Penalties](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/stem-cell-institute-co-founders-companies-banned-marketing-stem-cell-treatments-ordered-pay-more-51). *FTC Press Release*, 2025. 4. FDA states verbatim that stem cell, stromal vascular fraction, umbilical cord blood, Wharton's jelly, amniotic fluid and exosome products 'have [not] been approved for the treatment of any orthopedic condition, such as osteoarthritis, tendonitis, disc disease, tennis elbow, back pain, hip pain, knee pain, neck pain, or shoulder pain.' The only FDA-approved stem cell products in the United States are blood-forming (hematopoietic progenitor) cells from umbilical cord blood, approved only for disorders of blood production, and there are currently NO FDA-approved exosome products. U.S. Food and Drug Administration — [Consumer Alert on Regenerative Medicine Products Including Stem Cells and Exosomes](https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/consumers-biologics/consumer-alert-regenerative-medicine-products-including-stem-cells-and-exosomes). *FDA (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research)*, 2020. ## What to do when the soreness doesn’t settle If rest and easy movement haven’t helped, an exam can sort out the cause. It checks whether the whole joint or nearby muscles limit your movement. QC Kinetix uses regenerative treatments to mean care made with material taken from your own blood. They’re prepared in the clinic where care is given. PRP stands for platelet-rich plasma, the liquid part of blood holding extra clotting pieces called platelets. Clinic staff prepare it by spinning some of your blood, then place that mixture into your sore shoulder. The concentrated version holds more platelets than regular PRP. It’s another choice prepared in the clinic from your blood. Medical providers are the clinic staff who examine you and discuss care. Ask whether the person seeing you is a doctor. Your first talk won’t cost you anything. The nearest office is Suite 210 at 1100 S. Dobson Road in Chandler. An exam comes before any choice, and results aren’t promised. You can ask which options may fit your soreness and which don’t. Book a free consultation: --- A stiff shoulder can ease, but it won’t hurry. Your shoulder can ache before it gets stiff. See what can leave it sore and which next steps make sense. Plain help for a sore, stiff shoulder in Queen Creek, from the first hard reach through the next visit. This site is operated by the owners of the QC Kinetix clinics serving the Phoenix area - Chandler, Scottsdale, Peoria and Banner Estrella - including the Chandler office it points Queen Creek readers to, so read it as first-party writing from a business that benefits when you book a consultation, and open the sources for yourself. 2026 The Shoulder Clock, Queen Creek, Arizona. General education about shoulder conditions, not medical advice about your shoulder; take your own case to a clinician.