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Ended up at the doctors on Friday as had extreme pain in my shoulder and couldn't move my arm. Been told it's a frozen shoulder and on strong pain killers but I've got a load of work just now so can't really take weeks of. How have others coped or found ways to relieve the pain or help it heal.

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yep, i had that a few years back, painful and takes months to heal. i have heard that there is some keyhole surgery that may fix it, otherwise you're stuck with it. i found i could do groundwork ok, but climbing was out. couldn't raise my arm above horizontal.

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I'm lucky if I can get my elbow 10 inch from my body just now and even that's painful. Been told if it's not any better in two weeks I'll get cortisone injection but want to try and avoid them if possible. Did you get any exercises to help slacken it off?

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no, was told to be patient. it will gradually improve. for me, i had about 3-4 weeks of what you have now, but then got to have reasonably decent movement, but was painful when getting to horizontal - took 7-8 months to clear fully. mate of mine had it for 12 months, and another for about 6. apparently you only get it in one shoulder, and only once.

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no, was told to be patient. it will gradually improve. for me, i had about 3-4 weeks of what you have now, but then got to have reasonably decent movement, but was painful when getting to horizontal - took 7-8 months to clear fully. mate of mine had it for 12 months, and another for about 6. apparently you only get it in one shoulder, and only once.

 

 

Sounds a slow road then just what I need at the moment as got loads to be doing. But best to get it sorted properly

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I have had a frozen left shoulder 10 years ago and my right froze 5 years ago, absolute missery, neither of mine had cleared up after a year even with cortisone injections, so have had both operated on.

The first one was done with keyhole surgery, after the surgery I could see the movement increasing about 1mm every day ( lie on back and see how far I could lift arm trying to get a straight arm fully back above head touching floor) took about 6 months to get full strength and mobility back.

Second time was different, the surgeon injected air into the joint to free it off while taking constant x-Ray's to make sure he is in exactly the right position, sat upright watching the whole thing, rehab was a whole lot quicker, probably took a month to get back to full strength and mobility.

 

Needless to say during these sore times I could not do any rock climbing or play badminton and work is limited.

 

Wish I hadn't waited so long to get op. Had to go private to get op when I wanted it.

 

Speedy recovery mate I know what you are going through and it's not funny.

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