Frozen shoulder

Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, is a condition that causes restriction of motion in the shoulder joint. The cause of a frozen shoulder is not well understood, but it often occurs for no known reason. Frozen shoulder causes the capsule surrounding the shoulder joint to contract and form scar tissue.

Signs & Symptoms:

Shoulder Joint

• Severe night pain and waking 
• Inability to lie on your side at night
• Can’t brush your hair
• Can’t brush your teeth
• Can’t reach to your back pocket
• Can’t lift your arm
• Increased sweating Frozen Shoulder is a clinical diagnosis and is only very rarely the result of an underlying disease. Fortunately (and curiously) once cured it (almost) never comes back on the same shoulder.
  
  
  • It can be treated through intense physiotherapy and few home care exercises.
  • Exercises for frozen shoulder :- 
   
•  Codman's ex's :- Place your unaffected hand over the table by leaning forward and swing affected hand in the air like a pendulum and in circular motion ( clockwise and anticlockwise) at least for 30-40 repetitions & twice a day. After a weak you can do this ex's with 1 kg. of weight.( 1 kg salt pkt./ water bottle).
• Finger Ladder ex's :- Place your fingers on the wall and walk it up as much as you can and then slide it down, repeat it several times.

 

Codman's and finger ladder ex's

Overhead pully ex's

•   Pully ex's :- Hold a rope in both of your hand attached to overhead pully, try to pull one side and let other hand go up as much as you can. Do it frequently for both sides.

• Self shoulder stretching ex's :- 

Shoulder stretching ex's

"I have treated many patients suffering from frozen shoulder and remarkable result has been achieved within 15 days of continuous treatment."