Frozen shoulder

[HelenHanfe]

Believe I am suffering from the above.

Only a phone consultation with the doctor but she said to take paracetomol, for pain and to keep shoulder/s active & moving, so they don't stiffen up.

Only a very recent ailment, but incredibly painful.

Does any one else suffer / able to recommend anything that helps in any way ?

Thanks.

 

[AlisonM]

A heat pad, or hot water bottle sometimes eases things for me. Along with the pain killers of course.

 

[gabriele]

Hello Helen,

I had frozen shoulder some years ago . They are still a little bit stiff . I exercise every day so the pain is gone . It is very painfull but you have to move them when ever you can . Try to get some physio from your GP .
Good luck that it gets better very soon .

 

[Kwaka1]

Believe I am suffering from the above.

Only a phone consultation with the doctor but she said to take paracetomol, for pain and to keep shoulder/s active & moving, so they don't stiffen up.

Only a very recent ailment, but incredibly painful.

Does any one else suffer / able to recommend anything that helps in any way ?

Thanks.

Easier said than done. I know from experience how painful it can be, and as diabetics we're prone to this nasty ailment apparently.
I would go back to the Docs if I were you, as there is medication for this (not just painkillers). Also, I used a TEns machine which helped enormously, and I truly believe that this and the medication worked wonders. 🙂

 

[Caroline]

Go back to the doctor and get whatever you can that will help. I hope you feel better soon

 

[AJLang]

I've frozen shoulder in both shoulders. Despite physio the right shoulder became so bad that I had an operation on it followed by further physio which really helped lots. The left shoulder is also frozen but I manage that with ibuprofen

 

[fencesitter]

Have had this from digging potatoes 🙄
Very painful and inconvenient. In the end I got referred to an osteopath, which really helped.
More recently I've had a thing called a rotator cuff injury, which had quite similar effects (although I could still raise my arm over my head, I couldn't move it without pain in various directions and movement was very restricted). This time, physio with a cortisone jab was the way to go, but the latter played havoc with my hormones so I imagine it might have an effect on BS?
I would definitely push for some kind of physical therapy as well as the drugs

 

[mum2westiesGill]

I used a TEns machine which helped enormously

I've also had frozen shoulder which for me was very painful indeed but I also used the tens machine, wierd at first a bit like a pins and needles sensation but once you get used to it and it does it's job ie blocking the pain from your mind it's fabulous, I wouldn't have been without it

 

[trophywench]

Very very common for us Ds I'm afraid and nowt to do with control either.

I was told it has an 18 month life span - 6 to get bad, 6 to be bad, 6 to get better.


However for Ds, at least double every phase. 3 - year lifespan.

gee thanks doc.

Yes, steroids orally or by jab even rubbed on in creams for some people - make BGs go bananas, but then so does inflammation and pain, so what the hell, and it might help.

OTOH intense physio was the only thing that helped me - privately, twice a week for 2 months - best few hundred quid I've ever spent on myself, quite frankly.

But meanwhile hang off doorframes by the finger tips - not your whole weight, but it has to really stretch you - and it's bloody agony. But it HELPS. I used to have to pick my arm up to put my hand there - and it's really hard to make yourself. Or if you can just about reach, make yourself dust the top of the frame with that hand. At least you feel you've done something good even if it kills you!

 

[HelenHanfe]

Thanks for all the advice / input. D just keeps on giving..doesn't it ?

 

[satch76]

I developed this about two years ago.

Had physio, steriod injections and hydrodialysis all worked for a bit but it came back.

I thought I had got rid of it or at least it had improved to be managable and lo and behold the other one goes so now I have both shoulders with the inability to be lifted over my head.

Sometime its not so bad and some times it aches like crazy. Sometime I struggle to put on my coat or shirt. I can still play golf although the wife doesn't believe me.

I knew someone who had the same and went through all the physio, injections etc and even had the operation to try and stop it but ended up having the shoulder replaced eventually (must point out this was a severe case and she wasn't a diabetic)

Going on the three year life span I will have one or other shoulder frozen for another 3 years.

Ibrupofen seems to be the option at the moment and keeping them moving.

 

[Lilies]

Hubby's first one resulted in the op, (manipulation under anaesthetic), next one was managed through intense physio and now has another and op scheduled for a few weeks.... He's the only person his surgeon has ever come across to get 3 and not be diabetic, having seen what he's gone through am dreading if I should get one

 

[Glo]

Hi swimming is very good, something about the cold water just seems to really ease any pain