Can't sleep. Can't lift my hand above my shoulder. REaching for anything causes extreme pain. Had MRI which shows partially torn supraspinatus tendon. Doctor says it's a frozen shoulder. Anybody dealt with this?
Can't sleep. Can't lift my hand above my shoulder. REaching for anything causes extreme pain. Had MRI which shows partially torn supraspinatus tendon. Doctor says it's a frozen shoulder. Anybody dealt with this?
I just had a conversation with a PT the other day. She went to a conference for something called ETPS (electrical ?? stimulation). She said an audience member had frozen shoulder, which she said is notoriously difficult to treat, and the ETPS worked instantly to raise the person's arm above their head.
I've been having ETPS on a stubborn SI joint injury and it has helped.
So you might want to find someone in your area and give it a try.
I've gone through this twice, once in each shoulder. The first time the orthopedic surgeon prescribed guided injections and physical therapy. This worked, but was very painful.
The second time the same guy wanted to perform surgery, so I went to another guy. The second guy looked at the same films, handed me a walking cane made out of PVC pipe, and told me to go home and stretch it out myself. This method worked was faster and more effective than physical therapy.
Good luck!
Whenever I get a frozen shoulder I just put it in the microwave for a minute or two to defrost it.
I had such limited range of motion from a "frozen shoulder" that I couldn't reach into my back pocket. I tried stretching, massage, ibuprofen, etc. Finally, I had surgery, but it was a closed procedure.
They put me out and basically wrenched my shoulder around breaking apart all the adhesions. When I woke up my pain free range of motion was amazing. I had to do a few weeks of PT, but I am glad that I did it. I ahve been pain free for the last several years and my range of motion continues to be much better than before.
Cortisone injection followed by manual therapy provided by a PT (shoulder ROM and joint mobilizations) and lots of stretches.
I did, after a skiing accident. For a year or more - it sucked. I couldn't even play ping-pong!
Finally freed up working with a great "chiropractor" who, over a period of weeks, did something that might be called "deep tissue massage" or "myofascial release."
Now, 15 years later, I'm at about 95%, which is good enough for most things. I can strain it in certain positions if I really, really try - hasn't happened in forever.
This was in Oakland, CA. Where are you?
yeah 1 or 2 minutes in the microwave will do, 4-5 for an extreme case, or have you considered amputation?
Dingler wrote:
Whenever I get a frozen shoulder I just put it in the microwave for a minute or two to defrost it.
FYI, that will also work for a head cold.
Be nicer to people
This happened, oh, about 20 years ago, but my cousin was invited to dinner by a guy named Jeff Dahmer. My cousin was very late for some lame reason, so he understandably got the cold shoulder when he finally arrived.