Surrey Osteopaths for Frozen Shoulder

Frozen Shoulder (Primary Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis or pSAC) can occur without any specific causes. According to the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, this is defined as a condition caused by active and passive shoulder motion restriction.

The inflammation and thickening around the shoulder joint also restrict the movement and pain in the shoulder region. This inflammation and thickening can affect the shoulder capsule, the joint capsule or the rotator cuff. It can make your shoulder quite painful and stiff, which makes it difficult to move your shoulder. Potentially, in some cases, physical therapy such as stretching exercises and shoulder manipulation will suffice to reduce your shoulder pain and prevent it from escalating before you need to consider an orthopaedic surgeon.

Our osteopathy treatment can help treat your frozen shoulder with our initial assessment and treatment procedures after diagnosing frozen shoulder based on the disease’s various clinical features. Following are the four clinical stages of frozen shoulder:  

1. Painful Stage: You may suffer aching pain and moderate restriction in the range of motion.
2. Freezing Stage: You may suffer severe pain and a high reduction of the range of motion.
3. Frozen Stage: You may suffer predominant stiffness with severe pain.
4. Thawing Stage: You may suffer a minimal amount of pain and gradual improvement in the range of motion.

There is no perfect treatment for a frozen shoulder; there are many conservative treatments and invasive procedures. Frozen Shoulder is quite common in diabetic patients as well.

2% of the general population experience Frozen Shoulder. But for diabetes patients, there is a higher chance of occurrence (about 10 to 20%).

Let’s find out different approaches to treat frozen shoulders.