Frozen Shoulder Scare

Hi Maria if you do a search on this page for Frozen Shoulder theres a lot of discussions and information. I'm on my second bought of it and its so painful for about 3 months.

Hi Maria

sorry to hear of your Frozen shoulder diagnosis. I know exactly what you are going through, due to having both of my shoulders frozen, the left one  was 9 years ago and I had MUA for it which did the job for me. I have now had my right shoulder frozen with Bursitis and impingment for 16 months and on 10th July this year I underwent Arthroscopic capsular release. My PT never started until 11 days after op and have so far only had two sessions. My Physiotherapist did tell me that sometimes these operations do not work so I may require more surgery, as even he admits it is still extremley stiff. I am persevering with my exercises but they do not make much difference? All I can say is to make sure you keep it moving as best you can and get any physio you can. A frozen shoulder is (for me) the most extremley painful thing I have ever experienced and I would rather go through childbirth again than to have had this. I do sympathise with you and anyone who has this condition and I hope you find a cure real soon. Good luck with it all.

Hi Maria... AFter my MUA, I had PT 5X that first week, then went down to 3x a week for 6 weeks.  My therapist said that EVERY DAY for the first week is very common, so I am surprised they put you down for only 2x.  I can't stress this enough:  BE VERY FAITHFUL in the stretches/exercises they do with you when you're at home, otherwise the work they do with you @ the session will slowly revserse itself to original state.  I was doing great the first 3 weeks.  In week 4, I skipped the exercises/stretches over the weekend and when I went back in on following Monday, my ROM had somewhat deteriorated and I had discomfort all that week until I was able to get it "stretched" back out again. 

My MUA was in April and I still have difficulties.  I still have to stretch it out daily andI have severe loss of strength.  I have not been faithful in the home "strength building" exercises they gave me upon discharge, so I need to do that.  So do not fret about the "raising the arm unassisted".  Your muscle deteriorates very quickly in the condition you were in.  It'll take time to build that up.  So stay optimistic.  It's a slow recovery, but you'll get there!

yes, I have a desk job as well.  My MUA was on a Friday and I was back to work on the following Monday.  The only thing my surgeon recommended was to make sure that my chair was on a very  high level so that when I rested my arm on my desk, that it needed to be more in a down angle to avoid putting tension on the joint.  She also gave me some great stretches to do at my desk. My work was understanding that I needed to break off of work every couple of hours for 10 mins to get my stretches in. 

maria, I would think I would like more than the word of the post op nurse and the word frozen to give you the diagnosis of FS. In fact the diagnosis of subacromial troubles would have been difficult to diagnose if prior to the operation you had FS. If you google both regarding ranges of movement you will see they are I'm sure would be different. Also FS will be made worst by treatment whereas post debread will need treatment. Let us know what your PT thinks and which condition, that is if you have FS she or he will be treating. All I have said is on the web.