| Is your shoulder frozen? Do you know what caused | | | | the list above seem to be closely linked to the problem. |
| it? In many cases of frozen shoulder syndrome the | | | | Please keep in mind however, that the commonest |
| problems seems to simply start out of the blue and the | | | | frozen shoulder cases have none of these associated |
| cause that made your shoulder frozen can't be | | | | features and just simply seem to arise from nowhere |
| identified. | | | | - these are called idiopathic cases. |
| This brief article gives an overview of some of the | | | | Idiopathic is a medical word that means cause |
| known causes of frozen shoulder and then discusses | | | | unknown. This group of patients are by far the most |
| the facts about idiopathic frozen shoulder syndrome. | | | | common amongst those suffering with the frozen |
| So - how did it happen? How did you end up with your | | | | shoulder syndrome. |
| shoulder frozen? | | | | I think it's also true that many of those, who remember |
| Recent injury is a common story in frozen shoulder | | | | a trigger incident or injury to the shoulder, can only do |
| cases. | | | | so with the benefit of hindsight. Some research |
| Many cases of frozen shoulder seem to follow after | | | | doctor's believe that the problem was already brewing |
| an injury to the rotator cuff muscles or the shoulder | | | | up in many of these people. They think that the minor |
| joint. This injury can be major or may seem very minor | | | | injury was actually unrelated to the cause of the |
| at the time - only for frozen shoulder to develop later. | | | | problem and only served to unmask the frozen |
| Problems in other nearby joints can trigger the frozen | | | | shoulder by drawing the sufferer's attention to the |
| shoulder syndrome. Frozen shoulder can develop in | | | | shoulder joint. |
| association with arthritis in the collar bone joint or the | | | | It might even be true that a joint already beginning to |
| neck. | | | | struggle with frozen shoulder changes is more likely to |
| Immobility can lead to frozen shoulder: | | | | suffer a minor injury than a normal joint. So ... which |
| Conditions that lead to the limb being immobile have | | | | came first - the chicken or the egg? |
| been shown to lead to frozen shoulder. These include | | | | The facts about idiopathic frozen shoulder! |
| stroke or CVA, immobilizing in a sling and serious brain | | | | Here's what research has shown us about the |
| or spinal injury. | | | | idiopathic variety of frozen shoulder: |
| Heart or lung problems can be linked to the cause of | | | | Frozen shoulder happens mostly to people aged in |
| your shoulder pain. Heart disease or cardiac surgery | | | | their 50's, 60's and 70's |
| have sometimes led to frozen shoulder - as have | | | | Women get their shoulder frozen much more |
| major lung problems like TB or tumour. Please don't | | | | commonly than men (in my patients it's about four |
| panic if you are reading this - these are very, very | | | | women to one man) |
| rare. | | | | There's no obvious connection between frozen |
| Diabetes Mellitus is a common associated condition | | | | shoulder and right or left-handedness |
| with frozen shoulder. Diabetics are much more likely to | | | | Frozen shoulder syndrome can sometimes affect both |
| get frozen shoulder than the rest of the population - | | | | shoulders at once - or one after the other |
| some studies show that diabetics end up with their | | | | It's a little difficult to get an idea of how common |
| shoulder frozen up to six times more often than non | | | | frozen shoulder truly is. The research studies that have |
| diabetic patients. | | | | tried to answer this question have not been very |
| Other ailments that are sometimes associated with | | | | successful. Part of this relates to the fact that not all |
| frozen shoulder syndrome are thyroid problems, high | | | | family doctors are skilled at making the diagnosis. If you |
| cholesterol and Parkinson's disease. | | | | have frozen shoulder then you may already have |
| The above list gives the commonest known causes of | | | | experienced this in your own case. |
| a frozen shoulder but in truth it is better to say that | | | | You can read more about frozen shoulder and other |
| these are associated conditions rather than true | | | | causes of shoulder pain on my website where you'll |
| causes. No one yet fully understands the trigger in the | | | | also find useful information about other joint and |
| body that leads to a frozen shoulder but the items on | | | | muscle pain conditions. |