Shoulder tightness and stiffness is treated differently according to the different causes, the common causes are muscle strain, frozen shoulder, postoperative adhesion, etc. The treatments include proper rest, medication, surgery, and so on.
1. Muscle strain: prolonged physical labor or catching a cold, the muscles around the shoulder joint are tense and spasmodic, appearing tight and stiff, you can take proper rest and use hot water bags to apply hot compresses locally to relieve muscle spasm.
2. Frozen shoulder: because of the long-term development of chronic inflammation of the shoulder joint, resulting in local soft tissue adhesion, tightness and stiffness, you can massage, acupuncture and other treatments to loosen the adhesion, you can also take tizanidine and other muscle relaxants to relieve muscle spasm, you need to strengthen the functional exercise, and if necessary, need surgical treatment.
3. Postoperative adhesion: Shoulder fracture is fixed for a long time, which causes soft tissue adhesion and tightness and stiffness, you can carry out functional exercises for shoulder joint, such as wall climbing method, wing spreading method, etc., and you can also cooperate with acupuncture and acupressure to loosen the adhesion.
Shoulder tightness and stiffness occur, if it continues to be unrelieved, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time, under the guidance of a professional doctor.