Frozen Shoulder Exercises,how often ?
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Hi,can I ask how many times a day you do exercises for your FS ? & how many exercises do you do in any one time. I do 3 twice a day & today I have started to do 3 times a day.Also can anyone tell me if we accidently hurt the shoulder/arm [that excruciating pain] ,which I do daily ie through waking at night, exercise or other,is it damaging the healing process ?
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Je_n sheila59677
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I VERY carefully and slowly do my exercises in the shower and after the shower. (So the muscles are more relaxed.) I found it causes me inflammation if I am aggressive at all, and in severe pain the next day. I stopped being so aggressive. I think we are all different in our healing and need to be very careful with our bodies. The doctors really do not know much about FS how to treat it, even per my doctor, so why power through this when trained medical professionals do not know if being so aggressive even helps! All I know is if is too painful, I slow down so I am injuring myself. All I know is that none of us need more pain! This is not something we can rush through, unfortunately.
I try to walk a few miles a day if I am not in too much pain. That seems to help keep my blood flowing.
Take care of yourself.
sheila59677 Je_n
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Thanks for your reply, I do try being careful when exercising & have never really over done it or been aggressive,but there's hardly a day
goes by that I don't accidently hurt myself one way or another, ie sneezing, reaching to far etc.
I find heat doesn't really help although I do blast it on my shoulder
whilst having a shower or have a nice hot bath,I've also brought a
wheat heat pack which I do use.
Your right about the doctors,I was refered to a physio & after 3rd appointment was discharged with exercises to do,it seems you are left to your own devices to get on with it !!
I paid to see another physio just incase he could help any further but
he said it would take time & he gave me different exercises to do
saying a couple of the ones I was doing were for further down the
line when I was at another stage,but did advise me to get a shoulder
pulley which is really good & you can't go wrong with it.
Thanks again for your reply.
debbie36227 sheila59677
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frozen_stiff sheila59677
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Just reading biomechanics for dummies, should have concentrated on mathematic when I was at school !
Je_n frozen_stiff
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The physical therapy doesn't help, for me at least, and several others I have talked to. I think the huge heated pads I was able to spend time on, was the only reason I found it helpful to be honest. That machine that shocks the nerves, gave me an awful headache! I completely agree, it's a waiting game and maybe the body shut down temporarily for a reason.
lissette70790 frozen_stiff
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lissette70790
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FSconversations sheila59677
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That jarring, excruciating pain probaby isn't good for us, but it happens when we least expect it, so I decided not to worry about what I might have just done. I did try to be as careful as possible, but we can't prevent every reaction that makes us reach out.
Like many others, I only did gentle motions, and I tried to be intentional about using my FS arm as best as I could within its tiny little range - rather than setting aside certain exercise times per day.
I think I am thawing now, because that range is getting so much better - maybe halfway there! I walk lots too, like Jenn.
Be encouraged by this forum and take care!
Liane