The night falls, the early lights, more and more people gathered in the streets and alleys with the music dance, square dance as a good physical and mental exercise, in recent years by the middle-aged and elderly people’s enthusiasm. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who have been in the market for a long time. A, 50-60 years old middle-aged and elderly women are most likely to trigger frozen shoulder. In response to Auntie Zhang’s problem, Liu Gang, director of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, pointed out that frozen shoulder is usually caused by long-term shoulder stress, strain and sprain during exercise or cold in the shoulder, resulting in damage to the muscles, ligaments, tendons, bursa, joint capsule and other soft tissues around the shoulder joint, resulting in local pain, adhesions and restricted joint movement. Auntie Zhang often chooses to dance in the cooler hours of the morning or evening, plus she is used to wearing a sleeveless undershirt and sweating and getting cold during exercise, which leads to the occurrence of frozen shoulder. According to statistics, the majority of patients with frozen shoulder are around 50-60 years old, and most of them are female. In addition, the endocrine hormone level of middle-aged and elderly women changes, and the decrease of estrogen affects the fat distribution and flexibility of joint ligaments. For the shoulder pain that often occurs in young people, Director Liu said: “Young people rarely suffer from this disease, if their shoulder pain is mostly considered strain, of course, office workers who stay in air-conditioned rooms for a long time will also suffer from cold, resulting in frozen shoulder, but the symptoms are generally mild and do not appear dysfunctional, such as limited activity, in addition, there is no obvious occupational characteristics of frozen shoulder, the onset is not limited to manual laborers. “ Secondly, what about “pain relief” for frozen shoulder? It can cause further deterioration of joint function. Many patients think that frozen shoulder can be cured without treatment, but Director Liu Gang said: some patients do get better, but the cycle is very long, usually after two to three years to improve, but if not to intervene it, it is likely to have a series of complications, such as pain and joint adhesions caused by muscle contracture, shoulder joint inactivity caused by osteoporosis, and even long-term non-exercise and increased the risk of fracture. risk. Director Liu believes that medical intervention is of great significance in reducing the patient’s pain and shortening the rehabilitation course. In addition, some patients will use pain medication at home on their own, is it feasible? Director Liu Gang recommends that if the pain is not relieved by self-treatment, or even continues to worsen, you must actively seek medical attention to avoid misdiagnosis, and even if the pain is relieved by yourself but joint movement is limited, you must go to the hospital for consultation and treatment. Generally, doctors will use X-ray to make a differential diagnosis to exclude other bone diseases such as fractures and advocate early standardized treatment. In addition, the course of frozen shoulder is long, and it may take 2 weeks to a month before the pain or dysfunction occurs. It is difficult to diagnose the disease on your own in the early stage, but if you seek medical attention when you have a slight discomfort, the chance of developing frozen shoulder is greatly reduced.