Symptoms and treatment of frozen shoulder

Diseases are difficult to prevent, especially some joint diseases, which are even more difficult to predict. Many people have many health problems due to improper lifestyles, so timely improvements are needed after problems occur. This will be of great help in disease control. What about the symptoms and treatment of frozen shoulder? Many people don’t know much about frozen shoulder.

When frozen shoulder occurs, it also requires a very good treatment method. So the symptoms and treatment of frozen shoulder should be carried out according to the doctor's advice, so that the disease can be stabilized.

Symptoms and treatment of frozen shoulder:

Currently, the main treatment for frozen shoulder is conservative. Comprehensive therapies including oral anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, physical therapy, local blockade of pain points, massage, self-massage, etc. At the same time, joint function exercises are performed, including active and passive abduction, rotation, flexion, extension and rotation. When shoulder pain is significantly relieved but the joint is still stiff, manual release can be performed under general anesthesia to restore the range of joint motion.

The steps and methods of self-massage are:

1. Use the thumb or palm of the healthy side to massage the front and outer side of the affected shoulder joint from top to bottom for 1 to 2 minutes. You can press the local painful point with your thumb for a while.

2. Use the pads of the 2nd to 4th fingers of the healthy hand to massage various parts of the back of the shoulder joint for 1 to 2 minutes. If you find any local pain points during the massage, you can also press them for a while with your fingers.

3. Use the healthy thumb and other fingers to knead the upper arm muscles of the affected upper limb from bottom to top to the shoulder for 1 to 2 minutes.

4. You can also use the above method to massage when the affected shoulder is in functional positions such as abduction, while moving the shoulder joint in all directions.

5. Finally, use your palms to rub from top to bottom for 1 to 2 minutes. For areas on the back of the shoulder that cannot be massaged, you can use patting method for treatment.

Self-massage can be performed once a day for 1 to 2 months, which will have better effects.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the symptoms and treatments of frozen shoulder. Therefore, when treating such a disease, we can follow the above methods. However, it should be noted that when treating such a disease, it must be done for a long time and patience is required during the treatment.