Dr. HiteshPatel, a Pain Specialist, gives details about frozen shoulder symptoms, causesand treatment options.Livewell Hospital 9825040252
Symptoms: you might have pain, decreasemovement, above head movement are painful or not possible at all, Stiffness, nighttime pain in advance stage, patient findit difficult to comb his/her head, difficulty in getting dressed.
Riskfactor:
Capsule inthe joint which hold bone together are made up of ligament. When this capsule becomes inflamed, shoulderbones are unable to move freely. Most of the time there is no known causefound, however risk factor includes·
Diabetes· Shoulderinjury· Cervicaldisc disease in neck · Shouldersurgery · Anykind of surgery which required prolong bed rest·
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Sign and tests: Doctorusually decides by examining patient. X ray, sonography and MRI test are helpful to find out any cause. Mostlythere is no cause found in such investigation except inflammation and some fluid collection in capsule.
Treatment:
Treatment usually starts with anti-inflammatory medicine and physical therapy. Shoulder mobilization therapy is useful in almost all cases. Many any of the patients respond well to such kind of treatment. It may take almost 4 to 8 weeks to get a good respond with medicine and physical therapy.Intervention: If pain does not improved with medicine and physiotherapy then pain specialist can inject an anti-inflammatory drug inside the capsule. Thisultimately reduces inflammation and fastens recovery. This injection helpspatient in reducing pain as well as improving movement. Doctor can inject a jel kind of materialinside a joint to get better results. Sometime doctor can do a forcemobilization under general anesthesia. What toexpect after procedure?Patientwill discharge after 10 to 20 minutes of procedure. Patient should take a restfor a day. He can resume an activity from next day. Patient needs to take aphysical therapy as well as anti-inflammatory medicine for few days.How toprevent frozen shoulder?Keep yourshoulder moving, do exercise particularly rotating and above head exercise. Rotate your arms in clockwise and anti-clockwise. Do strengthening exercise. Take medicalattention in early phase of pain because advanced stages are more difficult totreat. Patients with frozen shoulder aremore prone to have other episodes of frozen shoulder in their life. To prevent reoccurrence of frozen shoulderpatient needs to do regular exercise, keep shoulder moving and controlleddiabetes and other disease which can contribute to frozen shoulder.