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Frozen Shoulder

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Frozen Shoulder

What Is Frozen Shoulder?

Frozen shoulder also known as adhesive capsulitis, a condition in which your shoulder is pain and stiff. Frozen shoulder usually worsen over time and then resolve within one year or more. Frozen shoulder could be increased if you are recovering from other medical condition such as mastectomy and stroke.

What Are the Symptoms Will You Experienced?

Frozen shoulder usually develop slowly, and depends on the stages. Each stage last a number of months.

  • Freezing stage (last 6 to 9 months)
    • Pain in every movement of your shoulder, range of motion limited.
  • Frozen stage (last 4 to 12 months)
    • Pain started to diminish, but shoulder become stiffer.
  • Thawing stage (last more than 6 months to 2 years)
    • Shoulder range of motion started to improve

What Cause Frozen Shouler to Occur?

  • Age and sex
    • People age 40 and above, particularly women are more likely to have frozen shoulder.
  • Reduce in shoulder mobility
    • Immobility on the shoulder results from many factors such as stroke, recovery from surgery, rotator cuff injury an broken arm.
  • Systemic disease
    • Some disease may increase the risk to develop frozen shoulder such as diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, thyroidism, tuberculosis and cardiovascular disease.

How to Diagnose if You Have Frozen Shoulder?

  • Physical exam by doctor
  • Injection of anesthetic in your shoulder
  • X-ray
  • Ultrasound
  • MRI

What Are the Common Treatments for Frozen Shoulder?

  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) such as ibuprofen or aspirin
  • Physical therapy: strengthening and stretching exercise
  • Joint distension
  • Surgery
  • Shoulder manipulation

Frequently Ask Questions

What is the fastest way to heal from frozen shoulder?

An ice pack applied onto the shoulder for 15 to 20 minutes several times per day to help with the pain. Or you can be given corticosteroid injection onto the shoulder joint or soft tissue.

What happen if frozen shoulder left untreated?

If left untreated, frozen shoulder can cause constant or frequent pain, loss mobility and reduce range of motion of the shoulder.

Why does frozen shoulder hurt at night?

This is related to blood flow. At night, the blood flow slowly in the body. If blood move slow, water cannot be filtered from the kidney quickly which can lead to generalize water retention, thus increasing the internal pressure in the body.

Is swimming good for frozen shoulder?

Swimming and exercise in the water can help reduce the pain and improve function.

Should you exercise during frozen shoulder?

People with frozen shoulder are advised to do physical therapy exercises that are challenging but do not trigger shoulder pain.

When surgery is needed for frozen shoulder?

When there is persistent or increased shoulder stiffness, fracture, increased pain, surgery is needed.

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