Both shoulders, same time!
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Hi,
I started symptoms of FS in my non-dominate shoulder 8 months ago and that shoulder is now frozen and pretty much pain free, limited mobility but since it doesn't hurt I'm pushing it and feel as though I'm regaining some ROM.
Three days ago I woke up in the middle of the night with screaming pain in my other (dominate) shoulder! I knew right away. I took some Alieve and managed to fall back asleep. Night 2 I tried to be preemptive and took the Alieve before bed and didn't have pain, thought maybe it was a fluke. Night 3 I didn't take anything and guess what? Woke at 4am with the pain! I am just positive it's happening again.
It was easy to forget the impact of the first shoulder when it doesn't hurt and I have adapted to life with little mobility on that side. To go through it again makes me want to weep. Not sure if it's better to know what's coming or to be ignorant those first few months when we didn't know what was going on the first time.
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sheila43293 Guest
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Mine was caused by an auto accident. Know how much it I've done, even daily at home I'm never pain free. Night time is the worst. Wake up a minimum of 4 times a night in unbearable pain. Doesn't seem to matter what I take. Been going through this almost 20 months. Lost 30% range of motion. I'm at a last, don't know what else to do. Even day time I'm never without pain. Some days are worse than others.
camille1994 Guest
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I’ve had FS in my dominate shoulder but my ortho misdiagnosed it as arthritis. It’s a horrible condition which robs you of life. No matter what I’ve done I can’t get to thaw. I’m encouraged and then lose ground when it becomes painful again especially in the first wakeful moments.
Hang in there and I hope you improve soon.
sheila43293 camille1994
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My boyfriend feels helpless when it's unbearabley painful. Nothing he can do, I tell him regularly. I have young grandkids, one of them is 2. When he See's me just wants up and lots of hugs and kisses. Breaks my heart I can't pick him up. I just get down to his level. It has effected my life and family and boyfriend so much. There are so many things now I'm unable to do. So not just physical pain, emotional pain also. Feeling so discouraged.
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Constantine585 Guest
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My 2nd one has been freezing for nearly 8 months now and still hurts though!
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CynCash Guest
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Hi, I can relate! I too have two frozen shoulders. The first, a year old now, is in the frozen/thawing stage and the pain has diminished dramatically, ROM is slowly improving so thank goodness for that! The second one, the right and dominant side, is still in the painful freezing stage, it is a few months old now.
What I have found is that having the left side first, it gives me hope that this one will also get better, and in fact, over the last few weeks the pain has diminished some in the second frozen shoulder.
What really works for me for the painful shoulder is sleeping on my back (that took awhile but is working great now) and doing ultrasound with half conductive gel and half and half Sub-Zero. I have to have my sweetie do that for me and with two FSs you might need someone to help with that too. It has worked wonders for the pain! The ultrasound makes the Sub-Zero penetrate deeply and lasts a very long time. I also have these Chinese herbal patches called 701 that I use once the Sub-Zero has worn off, you can get them on Amazon. Great, great for the pain but can cause skin irritation if you leave them on too long or use to close to other topicals.
I don't do any particular exercises but I do gentle self-massage, including the armpit, and anywhere it hurts that I can reach. I do very very gentle neck stretches, a tiny bit of self-trigger point and a very gentle lying down bent elbow stretch with my non-painful shoulder, but other than that, nothing except daily activities that I can accomplish without pain. My PT assured me that full ROM will come, and for me to not try to force it as that may only aggravate it. I have definitely found this to be the case.
Anyway, I hope some of this information might be of help to you or anyone else in our FS family. Wishing you, and all of us, thawing and pain-free shoulders very very soon!