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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had one about 10 years ago.  It was incredibly painful.  I was diagnosed by an orthopedist who recommended physical therapy.  I did PT for about 5 months and they kicked me out of the program because my insurance was up, but thankfully about the same time as therapy was ending my shoulder began to unfreeze. [b] I have to say that the pt was the most painful thing I've ever been through.[/b]  They basically just move your shoulder a little bit more each time you go to break the adhesions that form in the shoulder socket.  I actually have full movement of my shoulder now and sometimes forget which shoulder it even happened to, which I guess was a successful treatment.

Get to the PT as soon as you can OP - that's the only thing that will help unfreeze it.  It's a slow process but you will get there.  If you have to wait for PT, there are exercises that you can do on your own at home.  Just do a google and you can at least get a head start on therapy.[/quote]
Someone once said that PTs were sadists, but in a good way. I would agree.

I don't know if it's "frozen shoulder", but I could not pull any weight with my arms, or when laying on my back, with my arms raised over my head, I could not bring my arms down. Was that frozen shoulder?  I don't know.  But I did go to PT for it for a few weeks. It turned out, it was my neck.  I started doing neck stretching exercises that the PT taught me.  It got better to the point that one shoulder has  now zero pain when bringing my arm down while laying on my back; the other should still hurts, so every night, I lay on my back and I massage my shoulder and my neck where it joins the shoulder muscle.  I can also feel the soreness/tightness down to my inner arm. And after a while of massaging, I can bring the arm down with little pain.

For me, it's my neck that's causing the problem. When you turn your head to look behind you, does it hurt?  Does it feel tight? That could be your issue, too.

Obviously, I am not an expert, but just sharing my experience.[/quote]

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