Frozen shoulder

[Anonymous]

Honestly I had the best luck w/ stretching videos from YouTube. You have to stretch it to the point of pain and do it religiously a few times a day but it will make such a difference

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't always heal - I did PT for over a year and eventually had to have surgery.

Surgery doesn't always work either and you still have to do PT after the surgery anyway. I found that PT was effective once I located a good therapist--I wasted a few months with bad/lazy therapists that did nothing. Also, I did not have any success with the stim machine (not sure of name) fwiw.

[Anonymous]

Are you a side sleeper? I find that it's worse for side sleepers. I didn't have frozen shoulder, but it was really painful to put my arms over my head while lying down on my back, or using any muscles around my neck/shoulder (think pulling a string on a bow).

It turned out to be neck issues. I did neck stretches, and changed the way I sleep (less pressure on my shoulders). I have no problem snow.

-55 yr old

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Typical at this age. It will go away but can take time. Google it. Lots of info out there.

There's info, but my understanding from speaking with ortho is that no one really knows what causes it. It's weird. But, at least in my experience, faded over time, thankfully. Literally had to plan what to wear around it bc couldn't do zippers in back.

[Anonymous]

I am a year older than you, thought I was getting it, made a conscious effort to stretch and swing my arms more in various ways (seriously) and it's gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you a side sleeper? I find that it's worse for side sleepers. I didn't have frozen shoulder, but it was really painful to put my arms over my head while lying down on my back, or using any muscles around my neck/shoulder (think pulling a string on a bow).

It turned out to be neck issues. I did neck stretches, and changed the way I sleep (less pressure on my shoulders). I have no problem snow.

-55 yr old

How do you sleep now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I had the best luck w/ stretching videos from YouTube. You have to stretch it to the point of pain and do it religiously a few times a day but it will make such a difference

Could you PLEASE link the videos you used? PLEASE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I had the best luck w/ stretching videos from YouTube. You have to stretch it to the point of pain and do it religiously a few times a day but it will make such a difference

+1, add vitamin D and Calcium pill daily or CITRACAL.

[Anonymous]

I had a frozen should around this age and my orth told me it was common during menopause for women. I haven't had another issue with it in the the ten years since. I had a hydrodilation procedure done, extremely painful for about 10 seconds, followed by some physical therapy, and it cleared up much more quickly than it would have otherwise.