Can acupuncture cure frozen shoulder?

Acupuncture can play an adjunctive therapeutic role in relieving the symptoms associated with frozen shoulder. Acupuncture has the ability to unblock the meridians and channels, support the positive energy in the body and get rid of the evil energy in the body, and harmonize yin and yang. Frozen shoulder patients can improve the blood flow in the shoulder area and relieve the local pain through acupuncture treatment. Although acupuncture can relieve the symptoms associated with frozen shoulder, it can only play an adjunctive therapeutic effect. Note that acupuncture is contraindicated for patients with frozen shoulder who have skin infections in the shoulder area, or who have bleeding disorders. In addition to acupuncture, patients with frozen shoulder can be relieved by functional exercises such as wall climbing, circling, wheel pulling, and hair combing. Patients can also be treated by tui na, small needle knife and other ways of treatment. For those who are ineffective in conservative treatment, they need to be treated through minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery and open surgery. It is recommended that patients need to consult a doctor in time when symptoms related to frozen shoulder occur, and those who need acupuncture treatment should be operated by a professional acupuncturist.