Frozen shoulder or Adhesive capsulitis is an extremely painful and debilitating condition in which movement of the shoulder is severely restricted and even small routine tasks become impossible. In it the capsule surrounding the shoulder joint contracts and forms scar tissues. Pain is constant and certain movements can cause sudden onset of excruciating pain and [...]
A Frozen Shoulder is one of the most common shoulder conditions and one of the most disabling. It owes its name to the fact that the sufferer has the affected shoulder range of motion severely limited. Typically the person affected has trouble reaching up for cupboards, shampooing, steering the car wheel and so on. This [...]
There are quite a few shoulder problems that can occur in any individual life time. Apart from injuries arising from accidents or traumas such as shoulder dislocations or rotator cuff tears, the most common problems faced by people affected by a shoulder condition are describable in two groups. On one hand there is the Impingement [...]
A frozen shoulder is a very limiting and impairing condition. Technically called adhesive capsulitis, it starts and develop in 3 distinct phases.
A freezing phase, when the shoulder joint, the rotator cuff, starts getting sore and inflamed, typically at night. The range of movement is still unaffected though.
A frozen phase, when the rotator cuff is constricted [...]