Hi in the past(at least 20years ago) i used to be in north sea 3 times a week windsurfing, hobie cating & jetsking. And have just come back from physio and found out i have got what they call a frozen shoulder ! Was in the late 80s British National Champion 3 times on my Hobie catamaran, have jetskied around the Bass rock (6mile from beach). I dont like being not able to do things and have never sat still all my life ! Apparently it is common in diabetics and woundered if anybody can give any tips & things that can help. Exellent forum with nice people !🙄
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Frozen Shoulder
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I've had one stiff/painful shoulder for about 12 months now. Perhaps I should go and get it checked out!
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Robster65
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Hi Hobie. Yes. It is more common, but is not uncommon in others and hurts like hell if you try to overextened it! 😱
I had one for several months and tried gently swirling the arm from the shoulder whilst bent forwards so the arm dangled freely downwards. If you do several rotations each way, it is supposed to ease it but I didn't feel any benefit.🙄
Also ibuprofen was prescribed and it eased the pain at night.
Mine finally eased enough to feel no pain and regain full movement after about 12-18 months I think. I was about 40 when it happened and had suffered a trauma to the shoulder some months previously. It is thought that that may trigger it in most people.
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I had one for several months and tried gently swirling the arm from the shoulder whilst bent forwards so the arm dangled freely downwards. If you do several rotations each way, it is supposed to ease it but I didn't feel any benefit.🙄
Also ibuprofen was prescribed and it eased the pain at night.
Mine finally eased enough to feel no pain and regain full movement after about 12-18 months I think. I was about 40 when it happened and had suffered a trauma to the shoulder some months previously. It is thought that that may trigger it in most people.
Rob
Robster65
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Go Mike !!
Frozen shoulder is really painful and made me go pale and almost black out the few times I caught it badly. It could be several other treatable things though, so better to go before it becomes permanent.🙂
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mine doesn;t sound anything like bad enough, but it's annoying not to have full reach etc and to keep getting twinges.
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Ellie Jones
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Both my shoulders are frozen😱
It's very important that you keep up with the exercises the physio gives you, this will help to ensure that you don't lose too much rotation in your shoulder, apart from physio and pain managment there's not a lot that can be done apart from sitting it out and letting your shoulder take it's natural healing course, which is around 3-4 years where it goes into the freeze then slowly works itself out of it.. Most times with little to no lose of shoulder roation movement..
How bad it will get is very difficult to say, apart from if you don't do the phyiso, then you will lose more movement than you need to..
As I said both my shoulders are frozen, starting with my right shoulder, sadly for me not following the usual course of freezing and unfreezing... I've lost over 60% rotation/mobility in my right shoulder and 80% in my left, and this is will doing the exercises etc to maintain as much movement as possible..
For me it does have a major impact on my daily life, the soreness and aching I can handle tend to block this out, when you've jarred or over-extended which causes the most excruciating pain I've experienced, which makes me feel sick, faint and makes me cry... Waking up several times a night in pain or discomfort isn't great.. But all copeable in the main.
Worst part is the sheer frustration of struggling or not being able to do simple tasks.. Such as dressing/undressing is difficult at best, impossible at worst..
I can't put on or take off my coat, got to have assistence..
I can't do some of my personal care, can't have a bath without hubby on stand by as sometime I need help getting out the bath..
Some mornings I can't even get out of bed on my own, generally when I've pushed everything too far the day before😱
I know that I shouldn't really lead walk or train the dogs, but I do and it hurts.. It even hurts to drive my car and that's got power stirring! or should I say it had due to it was stolen the other week...
I've been like this for 4 years now, and no real signs that it's abaiting, apart from I have noticed that my right shoulder doesn't hit spasam mode as much as it used to but the mobility/rotation isn't improving though..
It's very important that you keep up with the exercises the physio gives you, this will help to ensure that you don't lose too much rotation in your shoulder, apart from physio and pain managment there's not a lot that can be done apart from sitting it out and letting your shoulder take it's natural healing course, which is around 3-4 years where it goes into the freeze then slowly works itself out of it.. Most times with little to no lose of shoulder roation movement..
How bad it will get is very difficult to say, apart from if you don't do the phyiso, then you will lose more movement than you need to..
As I said both my shoulders are frozen, starting with my right shoulder, sadly for me not following the usual course of freezing and unfreezing... I've lost over 60% rotation/mobility in my right shoulder and 80% in my left, and this is will doing the exercises etc to maintain as much movement as possible..
For me it does have a major impact on my daily life, the soreness and aching I can handle tend to block this out, when you've jarred or over-extended which causes the most excruciating pain I've experienced, which makes me feel sick, faint and makes me cry... Waking up several times a night in pain or discomfort isn't great.. But all copeable in the main.
Worst part is the sheer frustration of struggling or not being able to do simple tasks.. Such as dressing/undressing is difficult at best, impossible at worst..
I can't put on or take off my coat, got to have assistence..
I can't do some of my personal care, can't have a bath without hubby on stand by as sometime I need help getting out the bath..
Some mornings I can't even get out of bed on my own, generally when I've pushed everything too far the day before😱
I know that I shouldn't really lead walk or train the dogs, but I do and it hurts.. It even hurts to drive my car and that's got power stirring! or should I say it had due to it was stolen the other week...
I've been like this for 4 years now, and no real signs that it's abaiting, apart from I have noticed that my right shoulder doesn't hit spasam mode as much as it used to but the mobility/rotation isn't improving though..
I have this also. I have physio everytime I have a flare up and take Naxo something for the pain.
The physio is expensive at ?92 for 3 visits and she puts these strap type sticky plaster type things on my shoulder which sort of lifts up the skin to ease the pain.
There are loads of info available via google and this explains the 3 step cycle to recovery however the cycle can take anything up to 4/5 years to evolve
DUK have a piece on their site about it.
The physio is expensive at ?92 for 3 visits and she puts these strap type sticky plaster type things on my shoulder which sort of lifts up the skin to ease the pain.
There are loads of info available via google and this explains the 3 step cycle to recovery however the cycle can take anything up to 4/5 years to evolve
DUK have a piece on their site about it.
Ellie what has your doc said as that sounds a bit long for a frozen shoulder ?
My husband has had two first time was in utter agony for months and on morphine asvthere is a set time delay on when they can operate, had an op recovered just some residual weakness there ( o and he was made redundant day he returned to work after op)
About two years later he felt it starting on other side, saw physio regularly and whilst painful and stiff to a degree it was mobile enough and sorted itself out
he could sail ok after btw
All the best
My husband has had two first time was in utter agony for months and on morphine asvthere is a set time delay on when they can operate, had an op recovered just some residual weakness there ( o and he was made redundant day he returned to work after op)
About two years later he felt it starting on other side, saw physio regularly and whilst painful and stiff to a degree it was mobile enough and sorted itself out
he could sail ok after btw
All the best
Ellie Jones
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Some of it is my fault... As I tend to avoid going normally get told off about it when I do go for not coming in earlier but....
And I did turn down trying the steriod injection, but I felt from the research I'd done conerning it's sucess rate, and speaking to my diabetic consultant about steriods and my diabetic control at the end of the day, a very slim chance of sorting the shoulder but would completely throw my diabetic control out.. causing more problems that it was worth..
So I tend to just get on with things the best I can.
And I did turn down trying the steriod injection, but I felt from the research I'd done conerning it's sucess rate, and speaking to my diabetic consultant about steriods and my diabetic control at the end of the day, a very slim chance of sorting the shoulder but would completely throw my diabetic control out.. causing more problems that it was worth..
So I tend to just get on with things the best I can.
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Hi Hobie lots of sympathy from me. I had an MUA on my right shoulder which, together with physio, really helped me a lot. my left shoulder now wakes me several times a night but I'm finding it impossible to do physio activities even with painkillers. I won't have an MUA on my left shoulder only because I've had five lots of eye surgery in the last few months and am now trying to avoid any more surgery at least for a while....
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