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There is a recipe for Turmeric tea. Turmeric helps lessen inflammation and promotes sleep (which is also impossible with frozen shoulder as it seems to get worse at bedtime). I don't know if it worked on the inflammation, but it was soothing.

I really just thin PT (pain and torture) is just that. Frozen shoulder has to run its course. Cortisone under xray is the only thing that helped me.

I just posted about this. I had aggressive PT and I really believe it made my condition worse.

I totally believe in letting nature takes its course.  It is a rough disease to power through but 7 months into this I do have lots more better days than bad ones like when it started.  I would like to know the gentle exercises being done so maybe I can try that.  Anybody have any ideas on this they would like to share.

Just got diagnosed with the dreaded frozen shoulder, after months of waiting and trying to get on with life, did some PT way back but asked for a referral back to Dr as I said they didn't know what they were doing as pain immense. been working away so at least the wife gets a break from me waking up in the night cursing..Saw a Ortho yesterday looks like I will get the sterile water injection in a couple of weeks so fingers crossed...

 

PS. forgot to ask what you are all doing for pain relief. I'm on 3x 15mg Codeine + to paracetamol every 5 hrs but would like to get off them if I can

 

Once I was diagnosed with two frozen shoulders in March this year my doctor and physio said there was no point in trying any exercises involving the shoulders. The general diagnosis is they will thaw out in a year to 18 months. Although some may take longer. I started running again in June. Beginning with 20min three times a week and building up to 40min twice a week and longer run up to 60min on weekend. I do 10km runs so entered run for September 2 to keep me motivated. Shoulders and neck get a bit sore as I cant stretch anything up there. Also, I get some nerve pain down my arms and elbow joint sometimes. But it is great to be out running. My tuesday and thursday runs are at 6.30pm at our local football club where I have to drop my son off for training anyway. Lights are on, people are outdoors keeping fit and at 52 it gives me a bit of a lift! So my thoughts are stay away from direct stretching of the shoulder and arm but keep other exercise going. Hope all goes well and good luck.

My orthopedic surgeon didn’t necessarily recommend PT, but I asked for it based on the advice of a coworker who said it was extremely helpful for her when living through frozen shoulder. My therapist doesn’t believe in “pushing through pain” and she does a lot with massage to loosen all the muscles that are so tight and knotted (literally crunchy) due to overuse. I’ve been compensating for the fact that my shoulder is immobile for months. I think you have to have the right therapist, and you have to go in knowing that the goal is more about preservation of what you do have and reducing discomfort and less about curing the frozen shoulder joint. Just my two cents.

I suffered with frozen shoulder for over a year. Physical therapy was so painful and didn't seem to do any good. Harvard graduate, Andrew Weil, M.D., is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. He recommends DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide, which is oil from a tree. When your shoulder freezes scar tissue behind to develop making it impossible to have full range of motion. Because the shoulder is inflamed it pushes against the brachial nerve that runs down the arm resulting in terrible pain. The mechanism in DMSO gel is that it breaks down the scar tissue. You can get it at any health store or Amazon for around $16. You want 99.99% pure. This product is also used on horses where they would be able to use a less pure form if DMSO. Do a search on the internet for "Dr. Andrew Weil frozen shoulder" . You only use it for 9 days then the body can heal it from there. My doctor was absolutely schocked when he saw how I had full range of motion from the visit before when it was completely frozen. I hope this helps.

Hi new to this as diagnosed a few days ago, at moment i do physIo exercises every day and I have to say it's agony. I told my wife that I could see it being possibly unbearable if it got worse. I was told to use something like a walking stick to move my arm passively to the limit. It seems to help a little bit but then next day it's back to the same active limit but I have a little more passive movement. Coaching was given was that this would be to try and limit the loss of movement. Do you get better and worse days in the early stages or is it one way and/or sudden?

Ann, I am quite sure I used an ointment with DMO in it (I remember it was based from tree oils) among my many ointments/creams I tried. I will go find it and give it another try, I respect Dr. Weil a lot. As I wrote earlier, the ONLY thing that has consistently helped me is TIME and rest. PT HURT so badly and made me worse. Two cortisone shots did nothing. Acupuncture - nothing. Massage therapy gave me some relief but short lived -hours). All the exercises at home hurt do badly and made it worse. The TENS unit gave me some temporary relief some times. Once I stopped everything last February (after 7 months of trying everything) I started to heal, Now no pain unless I overdo it and ROM is gradually getting back. I was able to put my hair in a back ponytail for the first time in 14 months today!