Just been diagnosed with frozen shoulder

Posted a few yes back. Chrck it out. Hope it helps. I’ve got 100% pain free range now and never thought I’d ever say that!

Good luck.

Amity I'm pretty sure my right shoulder is now in the frozen stage. Very little pain just no ROM. My left shoulder however, does what you are describing. I have good days and bad. The last few have been bad so I'm really looking forward to my massage therapy tomorrow. It really helps a lot.

I also saw my naturopath yesterday and he wants to do a series of 3 trigger point injections under my scapula. He said he has had very good success and estimates I will get at least 20% of my ROM back. He also said it hurts like a mofo.

When mine froze it started with terrible muscle spasms. Two months prior I had rotator cuff surgery. PT said it froze because they didn’t work on my range of motion enough. So with frozen shoulder I stopped making progress in PT. My Dr. did a procedure on me called (MUA), Manipulation Under Anethesia. Google that and “frozen shoulder” together. There are also some utube videos on it. They put you to sleep and force your arm to move and go in and cut out the bad scar tissue.  It’s tough..but I’m glad I did it. My range of motion was better in days. Recovery is rough too. It’s been about 2 months since that surgery and my range of motion is almost all back.  Now I can work on getting strength back in PT. This is my dominant arm so considering that frozen shoulder can take up to 2 years to “thaw”, I highly recommend MUA. After that surgery I was even sent home with a nerve block drip catheter in my neck. That delivered a constant drip 3-4 days straight. Hang in there and you should research it. 

Hi unfortunately during the freezing stage this does tend to happen I am coming out of the frozen state by way of a hydrilation injection so movement is improving slowly after 10 months however my other shoulder is now getting the same initial symptoms as before which apparently is common so I am going to request a hydrilation injection in this one when I see the specialist at the end of the month so I hopefully don't have to suffer again for another 10 months - a FS is probably the worst thing I have ever suffered from as it is so debilitating- good luck x

My injury started with a torn rotator cuff . And slowly the capsule in the shoulder became compensated with swelling and scar tissue. I applied heat and ice pack treat daily and anti inflammatory. At night wore shoulder brace to keep the shoulder from pulling just from the weight and movement during sleep. Slept on back and stopped lifting and began regular PT. it really depends on what stage the FS is in and treatment usually is started with early treatment then is moved on to manunipulation to break up the scar tissue to improve ROM. I was in a study in my area using a bio drug injection to break down scar tissue and it only works on scar tissue helped free my shoulder. 

It may be on the market once approved by the FDA for FS . It's approved for use in hands for breaking up scar tissue. The injections helped open my finger which were frozen shut with scar tissue. Still in approval procedures from FDA for breaking up scar tissue in burn victums and FS. 

I am not sure about my course honestly...7 months in and I was told by PTs I have a rotator cuff issye (later found it was a tear) and we were trying to prevent a FS...aggressive (stretch until 6-8/10 for pain depending on thereapsit) got FS anyway. Now my ortho surgeon says I had FS all along. He recommends manipulation and leave tear rot. cuff alone. Through my research and asking various health pros, I decided no manipulation and I would let nature takes it s course with this. Got a 2nd opinion last week, no manipulation, leave torn rot. cuff alone and mild, easy stretching with a little more PT (once every week or two for a while). Doing that. I think I am finally in stage 3...over the past 2 weeks I have had less pain and slightly more rom. I have done tons of research and seen many professionals about this and have colluded that people don't know a lot about this. I am following my instincts. I think I did WAY too much exercises (following what PTs said) and created more problems for myself. I would have tears in my eyes doing them many times. Good luck! I wouldn't wish this on my worse enemy!

the pain running down my arm is usually caused by some sort of triggering event, like sitting up on my elbow in bed or putting on a jacket, but I find it can last for several days after, and just throb and ache randomly in my tricep and even my hand.  This being my second FS, I know what movements not to make, and am doing a better job of protecting this one than the first time.  I honestly find that stretches and exercises make it worse while still in the freezing stage.  Just massage, gentle movement, ice/heat, and cortisone injections worked better for me.  Remember that it is super inflamed right now and stretching isn't going to fix that.

Mine started the same as you stated yours did. Once frozen I did not have come and go. When it was thawing I could tell it was getting better everyday, once in a while I felt a little tight again but I noticed it was when I was stressed and tense. Try relaxing if you start to feel more pain.