| A Frozen Shoulder is a very long lasting condition that | | | | Capsulitis. No surgery is performed, but anesthesia is |
| can leave the affected person with a reduced quality | | | | necessary because of the high pain threshold. |
| of life for months or even years. While drugs have | | | | Surgery proper implies incision with the surgeon knife |
| their time and place to relieve the symptoms, they are | | | | and it is effective, but like manipulation is mostly |
| not the best frozen shoulder therapy for long lasting | | | | avoidable. Unfortunately, avoiding surgery or |
| and fast results. In the meanwhile the sufferer carries | | | | manipulation means that sufferers put up with pain and |
| on buying and consuming vast amounts of non | | | | disability for many months, relying on drugs or milder |
| prescription drugs, like aspirin or ibuprofen, steroidal and | | | | solutions such as hot packs and ultrasound, both only |
| non steroidal anti inflammatories, or resorting to | | | | minimally effective. |
| cortisone injections for stubborn cases. If everything | | | | A better solution is the performing of specific |
| fails there are two drastic solutions normally left. One is | | | | stretching exercises to help restore mobility and |
| manipulation, the other surgery. | | | | functionality to the shoulder affected. These exercises |
| Manipulation is the breaking of the Adhesions by the | | | | are nothing like military presses or the likes, which |
| surgeon under general anesthesia. The Adhesions are | | | | would be impossible to perform anyway due to the |
| scars of the Capsule surrounding the rotator cuff that | | | | restricted range of motion, especially over head. They |
| are the reason behind the limited range of motion of a | | | | should be performed with very light resistance. |
| Frozen Shoulder, thus medically called Adhesive | | | | |