| You can cure Frozen Shoulder with medicine, and | | | | marked improvement in the condition of your shoulder. |
| doctors routinely prescribe anti-inflammatories to | | | | Unlike regular warm-ups that you would see being |
| counter the tissue swelling that is at the root cause of | | | | done at the gym, the warm up for your Frozen |
| this condition. In theory, you can also "cure" Frozen | | | | Shoulder requires an outside source of heat. The |
| Shoulder by not doing anything, as the disease is | | | | easiest way to achieve this is with a couple of hot |
| known to go away by itself, although it can take up to | | | | compress bags applied to the shoulder, a warm |
| three years for your shoulder to return to normal. The | | | | shower, or a warm soak. Let the warmth soak into |
| option we will discuss in this article refers easy and | | | | the tissues for 10 to 15 minutes, then immediately start |
| painless stretching exercises which are proven to | | | | the movements. |
| greatly enhance the healing process and get your | | | | First, stand up straight and place the hand and lower |
| shoulder back in shape. | | | | arm of your affected shoulder on a sturdy surface at |
| Anti-inflammatory drugs as prescribed by your | | | | around chest level, say, a shelf or the back or a high |
| physician will not interfere with the exercises or vice | | | | chair. You may use your good arm to help the other |
| versa, but you do need to have some precautions in | | | | arm to its place, but make sure that the bad arm is not |
| mind before starting. The first one is to always warm | | | | placed so high that it gets painful or uncomfortable. |
| up the affected shoulder before starting the stretches, | | | | Now, holding on with your good hand onto a stable |
| and second is to pay attention to the feeling of pain. | | | | support or with the help of another person to steady |
| Frozen Shoulder already carries with it what is often | | | | you, slowly bend your knees so that the armpit is |
| described as a dull pain. There should be no increase | | | | opened up. When you feel an increase in pain or the |
| to this pain as you do the movements, and also there | | | | joint resisting farther movement, stop and slowly get |
| is no forcing involved. For example, if you are trying to | | | | back up to the starting position. Do this for about ten |
| raise your arm and you feel resistance to further | | | | repetitions with your arm in front of you, and another |
| movement, stop. All these exercises can be described | | | | 10 with the arm pointing to the side. |
| as "low stress," with the aim of gently stretching the | | | | Be consistent, doing the sets of stretches one to two |
| affected muscles a little at a time. Be patient, be gentle, | | | | times daily, and you will soon see your range of motion |
| and be consistent with the exercises, doing them once | | | | coming back without pain. |
| or twice a day everyday, and you will soon see a | | | | |