Frozen Shoulder Exercises: When and How to Implement them

A frozen shoulder is a very limiting and impairing condition. Technically called adhesive capsulitis, it starts and develop in 3 distinct phases.

* A freezing phase, when the shoulder joint, the rotator cuff, starts getting sore and inflamed, typically at night. The range of movement is still unaffected though.
* A frozen phase, when the rotator cuff is constricted by adhesive capsulitis and the arm affected looses the full range of motion. Any attempt to go through the arm lock is met with pain. This is the most annoying and frustrating phase of the condition.
* A thawing phase, when the inflammation slowly starts subsiding.

It is during the last phase that a program of frozen shoulder exercises would be advisable. Overall, an adhesive capsulitis inflammation could last as long as 3 years in the worst case scenario, with one to two years disability periods being very common. I was lucky to get away with it in 15 months, but that was long enough to fully “appreciate” the impairment that a frozen shoulder implies in all the most mundane activities. All movements that we take for granted become a pain and impossible to perform.

However, it is possible to shorten the natural healing process with a proper set of exercises devised by a professional therapist, as i later found out. It is possible to brake through the dull, aching feeling of a thawing phase and accelerate recovery and full functionality. Leaving the shoulder completely at rest during this period would only prolong the misery, while carefully selected over head and stretching exercises would gradually restore rotator cuff functionality. Due to its great complexity, it is normal for the shoulder joint to take ages to recover, comparing to other joints.

It is all the more important then to follow a professional frozen shoulder exercises program to help restore mobility and not rely on a hope and pray approach to improvement, because it will only lead to a long unnecessary wait.
Andy Finn

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