Older adults with frozen shoulder can recover quickly

  Frozen shoulder is short for “periarthritis of the shoulder joint”, also known as “adhesive capsulitis” or “frozen shoulder”. It is also known as “frozen shoulder”. It is also known as “fifty shoulder” because it occurs in people around the age of fifty.  The main symptom of frozen shoulder is the pain and impaired movement around the shoulder joint caused by chronic inflammation and adhesion of soft tissues such as muscles, tendons, bursa and joint capsule around the shoulder joint.  Frozen shoulder mostly starts slowly, and most of them have a history of cold shoulder (such as fan or air conditioner blowing directly on them). Shoulder pain is mild at first and gradually worsens. In severe cases, the pain is unbearable when touched slightly, and the pain is especially severe at night, when the patient cannot sleep at night or wakes up in the middle of the night. The patient’s shoulder joint activities are gradually restricted, mainly the shoulder joint abduction, lifting, external rotation, internal rotation movements are affected, the hand can not insert the trouser pocket, can not lift the pants, tie the belt, can not comb the hair, touch the back, dress, lesbians are difficult to put on the bra backhand.  Although frozen shoulder is common in people around 50 years old, it is not their “patent”. In the pain clinic, there are many patients in their sixties and seventies who have frozen shoulders. Recently, we had a patient with frozen shoulder who was 82 years old.  Frozen shoulder is not a malignant disease and is self-limiting. However, its natural recovery time often takes several months, and in some cases more than a year. The quality of life of the patient is greatly diminished during this unrecovered period.  Before we encountered the above mentioned patients with advanced frozen shoulder, we often encouraged patients who visited us to try to recover within a month under the treatment and guidance of their doctors. Many patients have done so!  The successful treatment of this 82-year-old man inspired us that frozen shoulder can also be recovered in a much shorter period of time (e.g., within two weeks or one week).  This elderly man also suffered from frozen shoulder 30 years ago, and according to his own recollection, it took him about five months to recover. This time, his shoulder symptoms were much worse than 30 years ago, but with the help of our additional de-radicalization treatment, he was able to move his shoulder joint freely in all directions on only the eighth day after the initial consultation.  We were amazed and relieved at this result, along with the old man and his family!  At the same time, we also sincerely hope that more patients with frozen shoulder can recover as soon as possible and completely!