The first thing you should do is to find out the cause of the problem, and then go for physical therapy, medication, or surgery.
Caused by the arm can’t backbend can’t lift up the cause of soft tissue injury, frozen shoulder, rheumatoid arthritis, etc., it is recommended that the treatment to identify the cause of the disease, by the doctor targeted treatment.
1. Soft tissue injury: if there is an injury to the arm muscle ligament, it is easy to have limited activities, if it is an acute injury to the soft tissue can be iced, and then pay attention to the rest and protection of the injured part.
2. Frozen shoulder: Frozen shoulder can also induce upper limb activity limitation, you can take diclofenac sodium, loxoprofen sodium to ease the pain, you can also carry out red light therapy, local hot compresses to ease the pain.
3. Rheumatoid arthritis: acute attack of rheumatoid arthritis is also easy to cause joint activity limitation, you can take ibuprofen to relieve pain, you can also use methotrexate, small molecule targeted drugs to control the progress of the disease.
If the symptom of not being able to bend the arm backward or lift it upward persists, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time for examination to prevent delays in the condition, and the doctor will choose the appropriate treatment, and the medication should be in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.