Frozen Shoulder

Adhesive Capsulitis pain can be debilitating. In this article we’re going to look at what causes frozen shoulder, how you would get diagnosed with frozen shoulder, and what your options are if you have pain from Frozen shoulder.

Starting off, what is Frozen shoulder? Frozen shoulder is essentially long term stiffness in your shoulder. From a anatomical perspecitve the stiffness is from between your upper arm and shoulder blade. Frozen shoulder can come on after a period of disuse of the arm. A frozen shoulder can also come on for no apparent reason at all. Adhesive Capsulitis can be particularly severe in individuals with diabetes.

According to the University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine there are three different areas that used to diagnose Adhesive Capsulitis:

A. History

1. Functionally significant restriction of shoulder motion

2. Absence of history of previous major shoulder injury or surgery

B. Physical examination

1. Limited glenohumeral motion in all directions

C. Radiographs

1. No changes in cartilaginous joint space

2. Absence of pathological changes other than osteopenia

If you have Frozen shoulder then you have a couple different options in regard how to get rid of it. You can get surgery. 20 out of 100 people will fall into this category. That means that 80% of the time your don’t need surgery to get rid of frozen shoulder. So what do you do instead of surgery? I like to use a specific group of movement and techniques that I have my clients use to ease up the shoulder. While this may sound complicated, if you have proper guidance, it is pretty simple and can be done in your own home.

To wrap things up. Adhesive Capsulitis is essentially another way of describing long term shoulder stiffness. There are specific criteria in regards to your medical history, shoulder movement, and radiograph findings that if met would give you the official ‘frozen shoulder’ diagnosis. You don’t always need surgery to get rid of Adhesive Capsulitis, instead you can use exercises and soft tissue (i.e. massage techniques) to stop pain and gain motion back in your shoulder.

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