Misconceptions about shoulder joint pain treatment

  Most shoulder joint pain is not frozen shoulder Wang Kun believes that there are two major misconceptions about shoulder joint disease. Conservative treatments such as massage, acupuncture, Chinese herbal creams, etc. are used before the cause of the shoulder joint is clearly understood, which often delays treatment and even aggravates the condition. In fact, because the shoulder joint is a special area, joint dislocation can easily lead to damage to the surrounding tissues and can lead to habitual joint dislocation. Patients with more than two dislocations of the shoulder joint within a short period of time will need to be treated surgically.  Due to the lack of knowledge about shoulder pain, many people are used to attribute all shoulder pain to “frozen shoulder”. In fact, shoulder pain is more likely to be caused by the following diseases If the pain is caused by inflammation of the joint capsule, stretching exercises such as lying on the wall or pulling a rope can play a certain role in physical therapy. When the joint capsule is inflamed, the joint fluid will be filled with sticky inflammatory substances, and if it is inflamed for a long time, it will cause the joint to stick, making the joint feel painful and the angle of movement becomes smaller.  Taijiquan and Baduanjin have a preventive effect. Shoulder diseases in the elderly are mainly caused by the wear and tear of shoulder tissues as they age. The elderly can make use of the sports equipment in the district to do more chest expansion exercises such as rowing, taijiquan, Badaanjin and rope skipping, which can stretch the ligaments and exercise the muscles and slow down the degeneration of the shoulder muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons and cartilage.  ”Even if surgery is needed, it is now a minimally invasive procedure. Tolerating pain often leads to recurrence and aggravation of the disease, making subsequent treatment more difficult.” Professor Wang Kun says current surgery on the shoulder joint is much more advanced than before. The previous surgery was open, and the post-operative results were often poor and the joint tended to bind. The minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery now requires only three small incisions of 1 cm in diameter, causing minimal pain to the patient and much higher safety. The post-operative recovery is also fast, and patients can usually be discharged from the hospital in about a week.