Post operative frozen shoulder

i Had frozen shoulder for 2 years shortbif a month or 2. I had physio which made it worse, i had two cortisone injections hich lessened the excruciating pain and my it does get painful i used to just sit and cry yes my husband used to help me get dressed wash my hair the girls atvwork used to help me hitch my trousers up. Nightmare the whole thing i had hydrodilation it was to painful so didnt work but did lessen the pain again. Last week i had a subscromial decompression and capsular release with a little MUA and at the moment its fine i start physio next week. im 8 days post op and today it really aches

i Had frozen shoulder for 2 years shortbif a month or 2. I had physio which made it worse, i had two cortisone injections hich lessened the excruciating pain and my it does get painful i used to just sit and cry yes my husband used to help me get dressed wash my hair the girls atvwork used to help me hitch my trousers up. Nightmare the whole thing i had hydrodilation it was to painful so didnt work but did lessen the pain again. Last week i had a subscromial decompression and capsular release with a little MUA and at the moment its fine i start physio next week. im 8 days post op and today it really aches

Their was another thread ti the frozen shoukder forum yesterday where on of others was saying their orthopaedic consultant said no physion in the painful stage it makes it worse and most people have said physio makes it worse, the cortisone injections dont work for everyone but some they do . Its not a nice condition and ive never exprienced such pain. i had one incident at work where they treated me likeci was sherking until someone placed a saucer on a plate inopened the cupboard with my good arm grabbed the plate and saucer fell of itcstill makes my eyes well up thinking sbout it. But natural reaction was to catch the saucer OMG the pain i nearly passed out and cry for hours the pain was excruciating. The pain is worse of a night time kept me awake i ended up on Morphine oromorph and tramadol just to get sleep so tired all the time, i also found hot shower running over the shoulder helped, hot packs xx

I'm currently on my second FS, first was my left shoulder, after two op's its now pretty good and hardley any pain, my Right FS is killing me, i'm three months in and the pain is horrendous, i'm still working, still driving and doing everything i can because i refuse to give in to it, i sit many nights and decide between a bottle of booze or more painkillers as the lack of sleep is really getting to me, it seems so much worse this time maybe because its my dominant arm.  Totally had enough to be honest, fed up.......i had an appointment to see my last surgeon on Tuesday but was cancelled because of the strike so have to wait another 9 days......this is the worse thing ever and we really cannot so anything about it, fingers crossed i get the Sub Decompression and MUA done really quickly, i know what to expect which is a load of physio afterwards, didn't work for me last time so had another MUA 12 weeks after which worked......:-)

Hello and welcome. Unfortunately it takes quite a while to recover from FS.  I'm nearly a year in now and it's been extremely tough. I had steroid injections last week and am hopeful that I will get some relief now. This forum is great. We all support each other because we know how desperate this condition can be. Mind yourself, you are not alone X .

A brief update....I have to organise an appointment to have a ct guided cortisone injection into the joint and I have been given a script for lyrica.

A recent MRI has shown the obvious frozen shoulder and has shown subacromial bursitis??? But I have only just had an op a few months back for this?! So confused now.

Ha77 The one thing you do not have is a frozen shoulder. You have a post operative stiff and painfull shoulder. It may be as stiff and as painfull as a FS but it is not. I am looking at the anatomy and the sub acromial area is not at the capsule which in FS shrinks. You can not stretch out a FS at nine weeks but I see little reason why not a traumatised one. FS is caused by a genetic reason, not the 34 conditions you read about on blogs. Make sure you do what I do and that is get yourself a qualified manual PT therapist. Each country or state or shire will have a list and google them when you find him or her. Mine do gliding movements of the humeral head  before long lever stretching, makes a huge difference and little pain.

​Forget what you see on exrays or MRIs, it's a proper examination that gets the

diagnosis and results. Looking on the web at recommended FS exercises, most mobilize the shoulder blade which has a full range anyway.. Tell your therapist you want the joint to glide and roll, not to be exercised like a lever.