Frozen Shoulder HELL

hi piper

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yup aches don't it lol. welcome to the club

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yes ice is good. its a distraction from the ache while its administered . i have an aircast ic cryo cuff. lasts for hours. you can sink i to the chair and sigh. but when its turned off the ache comes back and haunts you.

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best advice is to try all the remedies which are out there and see what you body responds to. everyone had a different response to ice, heat, PT, acupuncture, sports taping.

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try and find what suits you and most important what makes the shoulder happy.

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please look after the other shoulder or you will find yourself bilaterally frozen. and that is not nice.

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think very carefully about surgery. that quite soon for you my surgery was after 2 years. think hard as it brutal with physio post op. and it can lead to other issues.

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you can see in my picture the holes all over the shoulder. and now i am back in on 5th may to have the bicep tendon re attached, yes messed up.

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the most important thing is to keep a positive attitude and kick ass like " looby" on here.

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feel free to have a wallow on here and let it all out on bad days. thats what this is all about. share your problems, we have all been where you are. and it hurts.

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its the not sleeping that bits ya. i am now a part time vampire now lol..

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if you have a other half talk talk talk. its a lonely nasty thing. lean on some one for support.

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me i am 41 months down the line and still suffering.

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colin

and forgot

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be mentally prepared for the freezing . frozen. thawing .

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you read bits that you can be healed. or someone says they can fix you. no problems easy peasy. on youtube there are instant fixes.

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you have to visit all three stages. keep your glass always half full. especially on a friday afternoon lol.

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colin

Hey Piper, welcome to the FS club, the one that nobody wants to be part of.

I'm 52 year old female have been struggling with a FS since October 21, although the lead up to it actually freezing was probably around 6 months too. It's hell and like nothing I've ever experienced before.

I have no clue at what stage I'm at with mine, all I know is, it will not beat me!!

Like you, I've been unable to fasten my bra, strugled to blow dry my hair, couldn't even wash under my other arm due to lack of ROM. Ive had carpal tunnel symptoms, muscle twitches and spasms. It really is a grim condition.

I've become friends in the group with Colin, who commented earlier. He has been to hell and back and his journey is by no means over, but as he says you have got to push on through.

I had the steroid injection in December, for the first 48hrs after the pain intensified and I was a wreck. The pain is unrelenting and there is no respite no matter what you do. I would dread going to bed because I just couldn't get my arm comfortable. My hubby slept in the spare room for weeks as I would toss and turn all night trying to get my shoulder comfortable. I was taking 30/500mg cocodamol and Naproxen and it was only just taking the edge off.

It's now April and things are getting better!!

I can now fasten my bra again, its a struggle and exhausting but I manage and continue to push the boundaries rather than succumb to the pain. I can dry my hair without the excruciating pain, I can sleep without the use of additional pillows to prop it up. In the main I'm off pain relief and I can manage all my exercises. The pain is much easier now and nowhere near as debilitating as it first was. My ROM is still really compromised though, but I continue to work on that every day with weights, stretches and a tension band.

The pain is brutal, you feel isolated, it's exhausting, physically and mentally. All I can say to you is, it will get easier and with a FS it's all you can ask for. I don't think my shoulder will ever fully heal, when I exercise it, it doesn't just click it actually clunks and grinds, I also have muscle wasting as a result.

I've got an xray on Tuesday and then I see the orthopaedic consultant the week after to get some further insight into the long term prognosis. Unlike Colin, I will do anything and everything rather than go under the knife.

Just been in this group and chatting to FS sufferers is a huge comfort to me. Colin has some pearls of wisdom and despite his agony is always upbeat with a positive attitude.

When you're in constant pain and not sleeping, its hard to think rationally and to believe that things will ever get better, but they will.

Stay in touch on here, me and Colin always pop in to see 👀 who is suffering.

Take care, Michelle

Piper2022...thank you for bring this to my attention...a study by the ISMP on injury to shoulder during covid vaccine injections describes a shoulder injury can be triggered by the incorrect injection of a vaccine into the shoulder capsule (joint) rather than the deltoid muscle. It is caused by using an incorrect IM injection technique or improper landmarking of the IM injection site (the deltoid muscle) that results in the unintended injection of the vaccine (and/or trauma from the needle) into and around the underlying bursa of the shoulder. This results in an inflammatory process that causes injury to the musculoskeletal structures of the shoulder.

its the lack of training of health care workers who were mostly volunteers during a pandemic injecting incorrectly in the shoulders . Not the vaccine i misread the statement . it's the needle used by health workers administered in the wrong area of the shoulder.

i have FS it in both shoulders even flue shots has been a trigger n the past. i never really put it together before . i always assumed anyone is certified who administers injections, not necessarily. now i am going to be very cautious and be sure anyone injecting in my shoulders next time are certified and trained .

I hope that many of you can find peace from FS. it is so miserable.

I have read there are new medications for controlling pain without opioids called monoclonal antibody and others medications that work thru a different pathway to the brain ask your doctors for more info. usually pain clinics have many resources available. and many have had success with reverse shoulder replacement surgery.

sending healing blessing to all.

hi piper.

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after all the flurry of messages, how are you doing.

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now you know what you are up against it, and yes is not nice. it helped me to understand FS. then to work out how to counter it.

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in your spare time use google and youtube and learn about frozen shoulder.

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look at the shoulder joint and what the capsule does. it may make you more pro active in your personal civil war.

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me i have spent a fortune on gizmos and gadgets ( ice pump fantastic. electro-magnetic brace for the morning to warm the shoulder not bad). potions and ointment kind of..

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i am an advocate of this but i see you have been jabbed and are down for another steroid. google hydrodilatation shoulder.

it actually worked for me. you can actually feel the capsule tear off the scar tissue.

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so cool

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colin