How to stay away from frozen shoulder

  With the emergence of more and more young patients, it has become urgent to prevent and treat frozen shoulder. The prevention of frozen shoulder is very important as it can cause a lot of problems and difficulties for patients. For people who are often ambulatory and whose shoulders are often in abduction, special attention should be paid to adjusting their posture to avoid chronic strain and cumulative injury caused by long-term poor posture. When exercising to treat frozen shoulder, there must be “flesh and blood” because the “frozen” state of shoulder contracture and stiffness has to be “thawed”, which is like a rusty door shaft. This is like a rusty door shaft, only when the rusty spots are worn off, the door can be opened and closed flexibly.  Self-care methods for frozen shoulder 1. After self-massage and exercise, the shoulder joint will feel pain, heat and increased range of motion, which is a sign of increased blood circulation and loosening of adhesions. This is a good time to continue to consolidate the treatment. You can apply an antipyretic and analgesic ointment such as Fotalin to the painful point of the shoulder, or apply some Chinese herbal water such as safflower oil to activate the blood and resolve the stagnation.  2.Oral analgesics Exercise can cause pain, and sometimes excessive pain can cause patients to be afraid to continue exercising or to exercise less and less, and the effect will then become worse. Appropriate use of oral analgesics, can effectively assist patients to continue to adhere to exercise.  3.Fire cupping Cupping is safer and can be done on the front, outside and back of the shoulder. Look for the most painful area and either use a fire cupping pot or a vacuum extraction cupping pot. Move the shoulder after cupping, otherwise it is not good for treatment instead. The treatment can be done once every other day.  4.Medicinal bath Soak some traditional Chinese medicine with water for 15 minutes, decoct and take the juice to fumigate the affected shoulder while it is hot, or heat it again if it is cold.  5, backstroke method two arms like backstroke rotation backward rowing (to maintain balance can walk backwards), 1-2 times a day. At first, the shoulder may be more painful, so you can control the time of each exercise in 5-10 minutes, and then slowly increase.  6, hot compress method every day at home with a hot towel, in the affected side of the compress for 20 minutes, after the pain can be reduced. If the pain is very strong, you can apply a hot compress for 20 minutes and then a cold compress for 20 minutes, alternately.