2nd Frozen Shoulder

Hi friend

I too am in the same position as you. I developed a frozen shoulder left arm after an injury in dec 2006. I changed career to working in a bank

Oct 2007 and by Nov 2007 i had started to develop pain in my right arm c

caused by repetitive movements. I have what appears to be another

frozen shoulder and i am in a lot of pain. I believe my job to be the

blame too.

Hi,

Like yourself i started with the right shoulder about 2 -3 years ago. This is getting better, however i have now started with the left shoulder which seems to be worse than the first time in my right shoulder. I now have a lot of pain across my shoulder, into my neck and down my left arm. I am a distribution manager requiring a lot of computor and telephone use, keeping me tied to my desk daily. I know from experiance things are going to get worse before theres any improvement and any relief. I have tried the injection, acupuncture and anti-inflamatory but nothing seems to work. JUST WANT A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.

GOOD LUCK

Hi to all. I am particularly interested in 2nd frozen shoulder as I began problems in Aug 09 with pain at night in left shoulder, now have a fully blown frozen shoulder (PAIN stage) for which I have received 2 steroid injections. The 2nd injection caused worse pain for 36-48 hrs. I am now beginning to feel the achy-pain when I lie on my right shoulder (the only position I can now get any sleep). I am trying exercises with my right arm to try and keep another frozen shoulder at bay. I have fibromyalgia and have heard that fs's are more common if you have this condition. Does anyone out there relate to this? Also, I have arthritis in my wrists and shoulders (I have been a typist/computer operator for 23 years) and wonder if this makes fs more likely. I have to see physio in Dec for another injection but have been told this is going to be a long process. I can't bear the thought of going through this again with my right, dominant, arm. How will I manage???????????

Hi there, I feel your pain (literally!). I had a frozen left shoulder just over a year ago. I am right-handed, so although it was agony it was bearable - I would just tuck my left arm in and carry on as usual. After useless physio and a steroid injection I was referred to a brilliant consultant at Grimsby hospital who performed an arthroscopic capsular release. One night in hospital and some physio after. The pain did not diminish straight away but after about 4 months I was back to normal. Indescribable relief! Now it has occurred in my right shoulder, which is far worse as it's my leading hand. Luckily my GP was amazing and no time was wasted this time. I have seen the surgeon again and just had the second op last week. Still VERY painful (bring on the dihydrocodeine!) but I know all will be well in a couple of weeks. My advice to you is go down the surgery route. Don't piddle around trying this and that - surgery is keyhole, pretty non-invasive and you know it WILL work. If you'd told me after the first one that I'd get the condition again I think I would have jumped off a cliff. Good thing we can't see into the future! Apparently about 40% of sufferers get it in the second shoulder. Glad I didn't know that. See your GP again, that's my advice. Life's too short to suffer in this way for too long! Good luck.