| A frozen shoulder physical therapy program will help | | | | capsule membrane surrounding the rotator cuff from |
| slash down recovery times in the thawing phase of | | | | which the disorder takes its medical term: Adhesive |
| the disorder, strengthening the rotator cuff and aiding | | | | Capsulitis. The adhesions restrict the space within the |
| the natural healing process. A Frozen Shoulder can be | | | | shoulder joint, limiting range of motion and blocking over |
| one of the most disabling shoulder disorders because | | | | head movements. Ultrasounds and hot pack are |
| of its length and the effects a restricted range of | | | | popular remedies free of side effects, unlike anti |
| movements has on daily tasks and quality of life in | | | | inflammatories. They do provide temporary or partial |
| general. | | | | relief, however they also require constant re-application |
| The disorder typically starts with a freezing phase in | | | | without significantly shortening the healing process. |
| which movement is still possible but pain grows worse | | | | Manipulation is a radical yet very effective solution in |
| over few weeks time, degenerating into a frozen | | | | which the surgeon "manipulates", or physically breaks |
| phase that can last up to 1 year, finally gradually | | | | the adhesions by performing arm movements with the |
| resolving into a thawing phase that also can last 1 year. | | | | shoulder affected. Because of the high pain threshold, |
| During the course of the disorder, the sufferer is | | | | manipulation is performed under general anesthesia, like |
| frustrated and restricted in all daily tasks such as | | | | surgery. It is therefore not a walk in the park and must |
| taking a shower, shampooing, reaching up for | | | | be followed by a frozen shoulder physical therapy |
| something or steering the car wheel. | | | | program soon after. |
| The condition usually affects people over 40 and more | | | | However, such program can be implemented not just |
| women than men. While it is not completely clear as to | | | | following manipulation but also during a thawing phase |
| the cause of the disorder, there are links to diabetes or | | | | of the disorder, a stage in which a frozen shoulder |
| being over weight, though by no any means | | | | naturally resolves but that can last up to 1 year if not |
| necessarily so. On the contrary, it is pretty clear how | | | | assisted. A frozen shoulder physical therapy program |
| to treat a Frozen Shoulder, though the nature of the | | | | can significantly cut down recovery times, gradually |
| disorder makes it a long process, sometimes very long. | | | | restoring strength to the rotator cuff and range of |
| Common remedies for a Frozen Shoulder are anti | | | | motion to the shoulder joint, helping loosing up the |
| inflammatories, both over the counter and prescription, | | | | adhesions. |
| cortisone injections, ultrasounds, hot packs, manipulation | | | | It will therefore help cut down on anti inflammatories |
| and best of all a program of frozen shoulder physical | | | | consumption to the sufferer benefit and help prevent |
| therapy. Anti infammatories are initially necessary to | | | | future disorders or injuries from occurring again. Over |
| sooth the pain just like any other shoulder disorder, but | | | | all, a Frozen Shoulder is a disorder that can go on up |
| they do not offer a long term solution because they do | | | | to 2 years or more, during which time the sufferer has |
| not cure the root cause of a Frozen Shoulder, the | | | | to put up with daily restrictions in all mundane tasks |
| adhesions. | | | | that otherwise we take for granted, significantly |
| The adhesions are coarse parts of tissue in the | | | | reducing quality of life. |