Shoulder pain life is very common, many people’s first reaction is frozen shoulder, and then began to paste ointment, blood circulation. In fact, many shoulder pain is not frozen shoulder, 4 shoulder pain only 1 is frozen shoulder. Frozen shoulder has several characteristics that can help you identify: 1, frozen shoulder mainly occurs around the age of 50, so it is commonly known as the 50 shoulder; 2, frozen shoulder is often a trilogy of severe pain, joint stiffness, slowly loosening up, up to 1 year, self-relief, if you can’t lift your shoulder for a long time, you need to pay attention to whether it’s another problem; 3, you can let your family members help you to lift up your shoulder joints, and if you can’t move at all. It is often frozen shoulder. What should I do if I have frozen shoulder? In the early stage of shoulder joint pain, there will be a lot of inflammation inside. There are two tasks in this period: 1. Reduce pain and inflammation by all means. You can apply ice on the outside of the shoulder joint, take oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, reduce the inflammation with local pain creams, and also go to a professional rehabilitation institution to use ultrasound and other physical treatments; 2, do some passive exercises to prevent adhesion. These measures will effectively slow down the symptoms of frozen shoulder during the stiffness period. If your shoulder joint has begun to stiffen and your activities are obviously limited, at this time you can do some peripheral joint muscle activities, such as shrugging, clenching fists and bending elbows, to activate the shoulder joint’s own muscles and avoid muscle atrophy. You can also go to a professional sports rehabilitation organization to do shoulder joint exercises to shorten the stiffness period. If the stiffness period lasts for 4-12 months and has not been loosened for more than a year, you can do loosening under anesthesia or arthroscopic loosening. Generally, the mobility of the shoulder joint will gradually increase after entering the period of remission. At this time, the active activities of the shoulder joint should be gradually strengthened to help the muscles recover and the inflammation dissipate. Note: With gradual aging, the quality of tendons will deteriorate, and if you exercise blindly, it will lead to serious complications such as tendon rupture.