Having a frozen shoulder can be a worrying time as it often limits your ability to perform everyday tasks, such as dressing and washing, caring for your children and getting a good night’s sleep.
You don’t need to feel worried about the impact it’s having on your life – let us ease your mind and help you to feel better.
Our experienced osteopaths are here to listen and help you to:
A frozen shoulder feels exactly as it sounds. It feels frozen – painful, generally worse at night, and often the movements you can do with it are severely limited.
This is because the capsule (bag) around the joint has become inflamed and sticky and it sticks to itself, preventign the shoudler from moving.
Symptoms of frozen shoulder include:
Frozen shoulders develop in three stages. Firstly the freezing stage. This is when the shoulder is painful and starting to become stiffer and more restricted. The frozen stage is a time when the pain is lessening but the restriction can still be severe. Lastly the thaw, as the movement starts to return. Each stage can last several months.
The earlier in this process you can intervene with treatment for frozen shoulder, exercsie and lifestyle advice, the sooner you can start your recovery. Putting you back in control.
Treatment for frozen shoudler includes; massage, joint mobilisations, stretches, home exercsies and self help, to support the hands on treatment.
It can be really helpful for managing your symptoms and pain and speeding up your recovery.
We want to reassure you, support you and get you back to doing the things you love as quickly as possible.
