Frozen shoulder and under active thyroid is there a connection

I've read that there is a link with Deputryens and frozen shoulder. My mum has it.

My consultant remarked on the fact that I was on medication for under active thyroid and said there was a link between shoulder issues and thyroid problems.

Hi I completly agree with you about the lack of knowledge from the medical profession! Oh and also the ignorence of most people who I have said they had suffered from 'that' but rubbed deep heat in and excercised and it 'went away' - you should try it!!! I have come so close to thumping people!!!!!! No way on gods earth have these people suffered a true fs - pure agony leading to isolation and depression! Need I say more! Lol...........                                                                 I to had the bone shaved and the sticky adhesions cleared out from my right dominate shoulder - but the surgeon also performed mua..........I froze back up and needed further mua 6weeks later but oh my god soooooo much better        I'm now 9months post 2nd op - its such a very slow recovery slog! At least I can now wash my hair & put it up in a ponytail! That vile bring you to your knees pain has gone still have some range of movements limits but hay I'm getting there! Some dull aches still and it still kills me to do the freezer aisles in the supermarket!!  Soooooo Deputryens..........I have now developed this in my right hand  G.P insists its not related but my research has found that it is  You can also develop nodules in your feet (but this is called something else) Great eh?        Fs is also linked to thyroid problems...........Oh and menopausal women!!!!!!! Again my GP disputes this!                                                                                               Anyway I wish you luck with your surgery  Keep your chin up, there is definately light at the end of this very long tunnel  Linda.

Hi, just sent a long comment but it had timed out and has not appeared so apologies if a similar post from me is listed twice!

I had a fractured neck and a wrist and shoulder injury on non dominant side which led to FS. 15 months of severe pain and numerous conflicting messages from the medical profession later I was booked for shaving of the bone and MUA.  2 weeks before op date the pain suddenly lifted dramatically although my arm would not move. I was so relieved and called to cancel the op wanting to wait and see if the arm started to move on its own.  Surgeon persuaded me to go ahead saying it was the best time to do the surgery and my limited movement was not likely to improve anytime soon and the inpingement would likely only trigger the FS again.  I therefore went ahead (Aug 15) and  immediately regretted it because of the severe pain it left me in once the arm nerve block had worn off - not FS type pain, bearing in mind this had already gone at the time of the op, but all sorts of pain.  Surgeon says I was the 1 in 300 for whom it did not work and wants to repeat it.  I am scared for this.  5 months on I am in less constant pain but have varying levels of continuing pain and aching in arm, shoulder, neck.  I now have some more movement but not great so intend to work on this more before ever considering surgery again.  Some it works well for others not it seems.  Links to other conditions I think is under investigated and under recognised.  I am 54 and was at the end of the menopause when I had my accident.  I know the symptoms of menopause.  After the accident and FS I developed a whole new lot of symptoms, some similar to but def not the same and more like thyroid problems but blood test apparently showed no thyroid issue. My elderly dad fractured his neck and now has thyroid problems.  Like many of us you research yourself and I found that blood tests taken at the wrong time of day can affect the result and no breakdown of the blood results were given to me (just told 'normal') could mean a misdiagnosis.  I was diagnosed previously with fybromylagia (I think triggered by a previous car accident) and get very swollen joints in some of my fingers but the doctors simply say to anything it is either Fybro, menopause or stress and I feel no one joins the dots and one chronic condition can lead to another before the first is addressed properly.  I have a good positive life and lovely family but this is all taking my mojo completely and withdrawal from social activity and exercise the norm now.  Friends and family have sympathy but not empathy.  If I take my dog to the vet I am given a full explanation, shown xrays and scans and shown detailed blood results which are all done quickly and efficiently - as humans you are made to feel guilty should you dare question anything.  Unless you go private - I have friends who could afford to do so and their support and treatment has been brilliant compared to mine.  Two, who each thought they had FS (as diagnosed by GP's) found it was a neck problem when referred privately to the right specialist.  Both had immediate surgery to necks, relatively minor, and both cured of apparent FS!  Full and accurate diagnosis is key and doctors acknowledging you may have more than one problem going on might also help. 

My conclusion is that there are definite links between conditions but that the blood tests may be insufficient  and then avoiding referrals to rhumatology and endocrinology specialists by GP's.  This is short sighted when you think of the long term savings to the NHS if conditions are caught early on.

Wishing you all the best in your individual paths to a pain free future.  Love and hugs to all of you x