Frozen shoulder diagnosis after seeing 3 consultants
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So, I joined this discussion because I've had shoulder pain for 2 years. I'm really active, but am struggling to do any exercise the now due to shoulder pain. I saw my GP three times about it who just kept telling me it was a rotator cuff injury, and kept giving me physio. After 3 rounds of physio, whom I saw privately, she told me it wasn't getting better it was getting worse, so said I needed to be referred. I got referred privately, after getting an MRI first. The consultant told me after examining me for 5 minutes it was 'just tendinitis' and said I needed a steroid injection, and he'd see me again in 5 weeks cause he was on holiday. I got no relief. After a week the pain was worse. I asked to be seen sooner, and was going to see someone else, but he saw me two weeks later, then he said it was like Frozen shoulder but he wasn't certain. He then said he thought it was carpal tunnel (!!) and injected my wrist and this made my hand & arm go numb for about 6 hours, and while the pain was still there it was manageable. So I reluctantly agreed to carpal tunnel surgery because I was desperate. Well needless to say this hasn't helped at all, I asked to be seen again, but he wouldn't see me before 4 weeks, so I went to his colleague and got no where, he wanted to do another injection & told me physio would make it go away! In desperation I went to a third consultant who confidently said it was frozen shoulder, and after hearing the length of time it had been going on for, said surgery was my best option. So now I'm waiting for this, but feel totally lost because of everything.
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My thinking in all this is to be as intentionally natural as possible, so to reduce the fingers/hand from falling asleep & waking me up, I would try to keep my arm more straight at night & supported by pillows. The 'chicken wing' position of my arm tucked up safely was the inevitable default position, but lengthening my arm when possible helped. (Anyone notice how their FS arm is shorter than the other?! This, and the annoying numbing, is why I would make myself lengthen it as tolerated. It also helps to slowly stretch your neck up and turned away from the FS side.) I'm still thawing, but my arms are the same length again. Have hope, fellow FS peeps! Liane
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