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A Frozen Shoulder is a condition with stiffness and pain in your shoulder joint. Know symptoms, causes and treatment for frozen shoulder.
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Background • Are you facing any challenges while moving your shoulder? While moving it, are you feeling any stiffness or pain in your shoulder? Here is one of the disorders that you might be facing.
What is frozen shoulder? • Also known as Adhesive Capsulitis, a Frozen Shoulder is a condition with stiffness and pain in your shoulder joint. You start seeing signs and symptoms gradually, but it worsens over a while. It gradually resolves in one to three years, subject to precautions and treatment taken on time. • If you are recovering from medical situations or procedures like Mastectomy or a Stroke, then the risk of developing a frozen shoulder increases. Since, during such procedures, you are not allowed to move your shoulder for a longer time. • The treatment of a Frozen shoulder may include some exercises, and at times, some steroids. Many times, a doctor may recommend you to have surgery done. However, reading this blog till the end will give you enough information regarding the risk factors, signs and symptoms, and what you need to do if you wish to treat the medical condition.
How to treat a frozen shoulder? • Medications - Depending on the pain, your doctor may prescribe you pain-killer and anti-inflammatory medicines like Aspirin or Ibuprofen. However, if the pain is more, they might prescribe you heavy medications. • Physical Therapy - Hiring a physical therapist will benefit you in several ways. One of the significant benefits is that they teach you exercises that can relatively reduce the pain and increase the movement of your shoulder. • Surgery (only if needed) - Most frozen shoulders recover independently or using the treatments mentioned above. However, in severe cases, medical practitioners may ask you to undergo surgeries. But this treatment is only suggested for extreme cases.
