Treatment of frozen shoulder

The treatments for frozen shoulder mainly include: Western medicine treatment, in which we mainly take some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs orally, including commonly used aspirin, Xiluobao, meloxicam, etc., Chinese medicine treatment, mainly massage, massage, acupuncture, acupoint therapy, physical therapy, we can use light, electricity, electromagnetic waves, heat treatment, surgical treatment can be under anesthesia, and even arthroscopic minimally invasive treatment. Most cases of frozen shoulder cannot heal themselves, but due to severe pain, long course of disease, and the onset of the disease in middle-aged and elderly people affects daily life, which often leads to confusion for patients and difficulties for doctors. For patients with severe conditions, arthroscopic release treatment is required under general anesthesia, and rehabilitation treatment can be combined with surgery to return to normal.

Early symptoms of frozen shoulder

Frozen shoulder is a common disease. Its etiology is mostly due to excessive fatigue, strain, cold, and trauma of the patient's shoulder muscles. It is a sterile inflammation. Most of the clinical symptoms are caused by excessive fatigue, strain, trauma, and cold of the patient's shoulder muscles, which cause adhesion of the shoulder muscles and limited shoulder joint movement. Generally speaking, patients with frozen shoulder mainly show symptoms of pain around the shoulder in the early stage, especially when the patient has a cold or strenuous exercise, which will cause the patient's pain to increase significantly.

What is the cause of frozen shoulder?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that liver and kidney deficiency and insufficient qi and blood are also the main causes of the disease. When the liver and kidney are deficient and qi and blood are insufficient, wind, cold and dampness will take advantage of the situation and invade the meridians, causing meridian paralysis and blockage, poor circulation of qi and blood, obstruction pain and shoulder joint pain. After periarthritis of the shoulder occurs, it will cause shoulder pain in patients. The pain will worsen at night or when stimulated by wind and cold, and will be accompanied by limited shoulder joint function. For example, the rise, back rotation and abduction of the shoulder joint will be restricted, and severe patients will not be able to rise or abduct the shoulder joint. There are two causes of periarthritis of the shoulder.