What should pregnant women do if they suffer from periarthritis of the shoulder?

Although frozen shoulder is a common shoulder joint disease, for pregnant women, if they suffer from frozen shoulder, if frozen shoulder attacks, the pain is usually untreatable. Because you cannot take medicine or get injections during pregnancy, otherwise it will affect the health of the fetus. In fact, physical therapy can be used to relieve pain, such as massage for pregnant women with frozen shoulder, but do not use drugs blindly.

Pregnant women who suffer from periarthritis of the shoulder should go to the hospital in time for further examination and treatment, and avoid taking medication on their own. People may wish to try using medicinal wine to treat frozen shoulder. Medicinal wine is a kind of wine with multiple functions. Take appropriate amounts of fresh loquat leaves, wormwood, and ginger, wash them, mash them into a paste, add rice wine and mix well, fry them in a pan, apply them to the affected area, change the dressing once a day, and 10 days is a course of treatment. It is mainly used to treat stubborn periarthritis of the shoulder. When using a shoulder bag, one shoulder is usually lifted up to prevent the bag from falling down. This keeps the shoulder muscles in a state of chronic tension. This not only changes the body shape, but also easily leads to back pain and induces periarthritis of the shoulder.

Pregnant women generally use life care to treat frozen shoulder. This method is more soothing and can be easily achieved by paying more attention to daily life. The general care methods are as follows:

1. Pay attention to the local warmth of the shoulder joint, and add or remove clothes appropriately as the ambient temperature changes. For example, you should wear long sleeves or a shawl in an air-conditioned room in summer, and pay attention to the warmth of the shoulders when going out in winter. If conditions permit, you can apply a warm and wet towel to the affected area to accelerate local blood circulation and relax the tense and stiff shoulder muscles;

2. Avoid overwork and lifting heavy objects. When bathing, choose warm water of about 40 degrees Celsius to relax tense muscles and eliminate fatigue of the day.

3. Do appropriate activities for various joints of the body and outdoor exercises, such as health exercises, walking, jogging, etc. Pay attention to safety and prevent accidental injuries.

In general, since the shoulder joint has already been diseased, exercise should be moderate, and gentle, relaxing exercises should be used as the main approach. High-intensity exercise and medications that exert severe stress should no longer be used. To summarize, the sports that people with frozen shoulder should not do include: playing tennis, badminton, basketball, volleyball, swimming, etc., that is, they should not be used for sports that put a lot of force on the shoulder. These exercises can easily cause secondary injuries to the shoulder and are not conducive to the treatment of periarthritis of the shoulder.

Since we know that these exercises can have adverse effects on the shoulder, what exercises or actions can have a positive effect on the shoulder?

The following is an introduction to the "Eight-section Brocade" exercise for the prevention and treatment of periarthritis of the shoulder for patients' reference:

1. Bend the elbow and shake the hand - the patient stands with his back against the wall, or lies on his back on the bed, with the upper arm close to the body and the elbow bent, using the elbow as a fulcrum to perform external rotation activities.

2. Finger wall climbing - The patient stands facing the wall and slowly climbs up the wall with the fingers of the affected side, raising the upper limb as high as possible. When it reaches the maximum limit, make a mark on the wall, and then slowly move down to the original position. Repeat this process to gradually increase the height.

3. Pull the hand behind the body - The patient stands naturally, and with the affected upper limb internally rotated and extended backward, the healthy hand pulls the affected hand or wrist, gradually pulling it toward the healthy side and upwards.

4. Standing with arms extended - let the patient's upper limbs hang naturally, stretch both arms, slowly extend them outward with the palms facing down, and lift them upward with force. After reaching the maximum limit, stop for 10 minutes, then return to the original position and repeat.

5. Extension to touch the spines - The patient stands naturally, with the affected upper limb internally rotated and extended backward, bend the elbow and wrist, and touch the spinous process of the spine with the middle finger. Move from bottom to top gradually to the maximum limit and stay still. After 2 minutes, slowly return to the original position. Repeat this process and gradually increase the height.

6. Combing hair - The patient can stand or lie on his back, with the elbow on the affected side flexed, the forearm moved forward and upward and pronated (palm facing up), and try to wipe the forehead with the elbow, which is the sweat wiping action.

7. Rest the head on the hands - The patient lies on his back with the fingers crossed and the palms facing up, placed on the back of the head (occipital area), first bringing the elbows inward as far as possible, and then extending them outward as far as possible.

8. Shoulder rotation - The patient stands with the affected limb hanging naturally and the elbow straight. The affected arm makes circles from front to top and then to back, with the amplitude increasing from small to large, and repeats several times.

Patients are advised that the above eight movements do not have to be performed every time. You can choose to perform alternating exercises according to your personal circumstances, 3-5 times a day. Generally, each movement should be performed about 30 times, with no limit. As long as you persist, it will be of great benefit to the prevention and treatment of periarthritis of the shoulder.