Hydrodilatation today for an alleged frozen shoulder

That's sad Karen. I feel for you. When I had mine there was no anesthetic, even if my joint had been tight. My goodness, imagine....I am so glad that it did not hurt. I cannot imagine that. Try some Bowen therapy. I have had really good results with mine, simply because all the knots and muscles, nerves etc. have given me so much pain. Let us know how you go x

Was thinking of you and wondering how you are.... Hope you have some relief by now. I realise that my shoulder must be nowhere near yours... The pain has come back this evening, not to any great extent but I have had a couple of episodes when  over extend. I find the whole thing interesting and wonder what the heck is going on.....

Well it has reduced the pain a bit more but then so did the hydrocortisone for a while then it came back the hydrodilation wasnt so great we gave up through pain he said i need a manipulation under general anaesthetic well i still dont have the movement i have better movement.if i move it to the. front but still have pins and needles cant put my hand on my waist or behind my back or lift it to the side it.wont go.and it painful i spentbmost of thursday crying as i thought this would sort it and all would be good how wrong built my hopes up.too much xx

Hi karen

I'm feeling your pain, I have days when I feel the worst is over , and then bang there's the pain again, I'm currently sitting with a newly purchased heat mat wrapped around my shoulder / forearm. I'm feeling extremely sorry for myself thinking this is never going to come to an end... I have tried many avenues to try and stop/ease this hideous pain but so far nothing as worked ... But it has been widely documented that the stages have to be gone through and cannot (in most cases) be stopped. I'm 5 months in and the thought of still being like this in another 5 months feels me with dread... I do find some comfort from this forum knowing that we are not alone in this , helps . I hope things improve for you soon, and for everyone else suffering . Take care

Cindy

Im 21 months in and still not much better only marginally. I saw the orthopaedic surgeon he suggested hydro dilation as it had a good sucess rate 😕he said if it doesnt it will be surgery but will see when i see him in a few weeks x

Hello Cindy. Hope your heat pad works for you. I have gotten great relief from a tiny TENS machine. It has helped enormously with the pain. Please borrow or buy one. I really recommend it.

Thank you Teresa I will look into one, I'm having some deep massage ect week to give that a try, glad you are getting some relief x

Karen, after 2 or 3 days you may find the cortisone kicks in and allows you to move it more. That's what happened with me. While my physio said it hasn't freed the joint (like you I came out crying because I had really put all my hopes into the procedure and convinced myself that this was going to be the END) it has allowed me to stretch and manipulate the shouder more. It did however take at least 3 days before I could do anything. Wishing you well x

I didnt have hydrocotisone im all out had quota not allowed anymore as they thin he tendons etc just had local anaesthetic to numb my shoulder so they could inject the water and air into the joint its marginally improved but no where near enough for the nature of my work still painful and movement not great x

Oh karen , 21 months in ,that's what my nightmares are made of. It sounds like you have been through so much already with very little release. I feel for you greatly.

Unfortunately I have no words of wisdom as I am only 5 months in.

Wishing you well x

OK so bizarre - tonight I was doing my exercises and as you know, we women tend to be in denial... I said to my husband "look I can raise my arm up" to which he asked me to do it infront of the mirror. I watched and sure as eggs are eggs, my whole shoulder goes backwards, frozen, it may move but in fact I am moving my entire shoulder. I am still pleased that I can move it more than I was able to do before, but it is not really free. I have limited pain - nothing like porr Cindy is experiencing, but it is still as solid as..... I can actually see my shoulder moving up and back - bizarre - I AM SO OVER THIS CONDITION!!!!