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End of tether

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57chevy
57chevy

For several months I've had a dull shoulder pain which I've lived with but recently it has been so severe I can't sleep on one side, as soon as I lie down it gets 10 times worse, why is this, I dread going to bed as I don't sleep well with it, I'm not bothering with x-ray and physio but am going to start swimming get again, has swimming helped other people with this?

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  • anna63534
    anna63534 57chevy

    Posted

    I can only advise with hind sight, i wish I had had a cortisone injection in my right shoulder, like I have in my left and not left it for months. It has stopped the left developing and stopped it in its tracks, thank goodness!
    • FSconversations
      FSconversations anna63534

      Posted

      This was my experience too! After having gone through the first frozen shoulder, I could feel the other developing that familiar achiness & occasional zings if I reached out for something. My doctor didn't hesitate to order a guided cortisone for my second shoulder, repeated again at three months. And I did the same PT stretches as I had had earlier for my original FS - never aggravating it.

  • frozen_stiff
    frozen_stiff 57chevy

    Posted

    Get yourself a simple xray,

    It will perhaps not help with a mechanical diagnosis but it will let you know that you have no serious disease or infection or suchlike.

  • tracey30163
    tracey30163 57chevy

    Posted

    I had frozen shoulder. I did no surgery and no PT. I let it run its course. At 10 months I started noticing an improvement in ROM (thawing). By 12 months I was 95% thawed. At 14 months I am 100% healed. The only opportunity I had to swim was at about the 11th month mark so I was beginning to thaw at that point, and swimming was so helpful. In the water I had 100% ROM with no pain and that was before I was completely thawed but it was also near the end of the FS. I would definitely try swimming but I would aggravate it if it hurts. Good Luck

  • tracey30163
    tracey30163 57chevy

    Posted

    * it should have read I would NOT push it or aggravate it if it hurts. Only push it to what is comfortable.
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