Frozen shoulder

[greg75]

Hi everyone,

I've had frozen shoulder for about six months now and was supposed to be starting steroid injections next week but because of my high blood sugars I now have to wait until next year for surgery.Just a warning to anyone else who has same problem.You can't have steroid injections if ou have high blood sugars

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Steroids tend to increase blood sugars, yes. Worth talking with your diabetes team; maybe they can change your medication to help allow for this?

By coincidence there was a thread a week or two ago:

https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/shoulder-pain.97260/

 

[Rocky dog]

Thanks for that information. I also have a frozen shoulder and my doctor just gave me exercises to do and some pain killers rgds John

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hope your shoulder discomfort eases @greg75

Is it still getting stiffer / more painful, or has it evened out.

Might be that things will ease themselves over the next 12 months or so?

 

[DaveB]

Hi. Bear in mind that steroid injections may not help with 'true' frozen shoulder i.e. adhesive encapsulitis but may help with other shoulder pains. My wife's consultant prescribed amitriptyline as a pain killer which worked well. Don't use ibuprofen long-term as it may kill your kidneys. My wife now has a new one!

 

[greg75]

Physio have now discharged me,but no things have been getting steadily worse for last 7 months and I am now sitting up to sleep.The slightest nudge on my shoulder and my arm gets paralyzed for up to ten minutes