Frozen shoulder problem & diabetes mellitus

Good morning,

I'm also a Diabetic and going into my secound year with my Frozen Shoulder. From the information I have gathered from doctors and my experiece so far:

-Diabetics have a longer recovery time from FS, the scar tissue is more dense and grows back on many Diabetics if they have the Minipulation Under Anestesia. Therefore, the surgery will be preformed several times. (No thank you.)

-Physical Therapy: So many different opinions from doctors! From my own mistake and also confirmed by my Endocronoligest AND my Orthopedic doctor, do not go to Physical Therapy until you are no longer in pain, otherwise it prolongs the painful stage/takes longer to heal, for Diabetics anyway.  

-Here is what has helped me: Norco-10 and Naproxen (pain killer and anti-inflamatory, hot baths with epsom salts, massage (mostly avoiding the shoulder or very light massage on the FS.), light stretching and the "pendelum arm" excercise, sleeping with a lot of pillows supporting my shoulder, been jucing greens and anti-inflamatory foods, accupuncture worked for a month or so.

Cortizone Joint Injections: Had five so far. The first two helped, but I have been constantly sick with a sinus infections, the flu and colds since all the cortizone injections. Keep in mind that Steroids will dramatically increase your blood sugar (350-400 range), so your body will not be healing while you have high sugar. The doctors push the shots, but I learned to say no, because the doctors literally forget how it affects a Diabetic's blood sugar, decreased my imune system and shuts down the body's ability to heal.

These are just my experiences, may not be yours, but those are some of the most important things I have learned. I hope you feel better, but remember, listen to your body. These doctors have literally admitted to me that they do not know what Frozen Shoulder is or really how to treat it, especially in Diabetics! Just a word of advice, be cautious and do your own research before any procidure or medication.

Hi

I am in my 9th month since I started developing frozen shoulder i was diagnosed with diabetes 2 type 2013 since then my sugar levels remained on higher side due stress and me mot taking medicine properly as i am afraid of them of there's side effects but i did control my diet extremly since there is some degree of arthritis presence in my joint i was over using my shoulder by picking heavy items regularly thus I developed frozen shoulder thats my personal opinion how I got frozen shoulder as for treatment i did went for acupuncture and cupping but did not help my pain levels is subsiding by putting my hand in shoulder sleve i am not taking those horrible medicine which side effects is ulcer and heart attack i got the door sliding pulley rope and do s mild exercise with that since i have pain i am not going for physical therapy i intend to go when my pain level is down significantly mean while i am trying to keep my sugar level under control and wearing shoulder sleeve to put pressure of wait of the shoulder and later i am exploring to take homeopathic medicne and physical therapy I believe it will be a while to bring my shoulder back to normal however iam using extenernal oinmeny prescribed by my dr but avoiding oral heavy nasid medicine hope this information is of some use for sleeping i am using multiple pillows and taking tumeric powder and milk hot before sleeping thanks