Frozen shoulder-mine seems minor compared to others in this forum...

What a great testament to techniques to improve shoulder movement.

I agree living in chronic pain evey day is a daily struggle. 

Sometimes I can't pic up a book other times it's a turn and raise of the shoulder causes extreme pain. It almost according to X-ray bone on bone. 

My range of motion is limited. I move a lot slower and mindful of the things I do to preserve the integrity of my shoulders.

Its due originally to a torn rotator cuff injury. As in the true diagnosis of my condition. Actually in reality frozen shoulder is simply a condition of the tendons and muscles that have been damaged.which limit movement.

I sounds like you have worked very hard to regain the mobility in your shoulder. 

Im in the U.S. our summer is just about turning into Autumn. The warm weather helps a lot. 

I do do therapy as much as possible and wear a shoulder support at night. My shoulder does just pop out slightly of joint easily.

 As in my case I have extra space in all my Joints which makes them susceptible to injury. 

I hope that you will be back in the beautiful sea swimming this summer. 

How lucky to live in Australia such a beautiful country. 

That's good to hear mentalpause! I had another rough night last night. It's SO unfair, I'd just got shut of the night sweats (HRT) and now I'm waking every hour with pain in my shoulder and pins and needles in my hands.

Hope4cure - I agree with you warmth is a great help. Unfortunately we have not had a summer in Northern Ireland. I'm not joking. There is a saying 'one Swallow does not a summer make', well 4 - 5 warm, sunny days does not a summer make! I think it was working in the garden, in a cold wind yesterday that did for me!

How I envy you mentalpause, Swimming in the sea! We are 6 miles from the Donegal coast and the Atlantic. I've not had the courage to PADDLE there this year - way too cold.

I was just thinking, it's so nice to be here 'chatting' to two ladies on opposite sides of the world. Such different places/circumstances, but so much in common.

hi, I tried physio, deep tissue massage, stretching with some relief. One day I woke up with my shoulder completely frozen and in so much throbbing pain. I contacted an osteopath who tried stretching my arm out.  she refered me to a well reknown chiropractor in Canada who specializes in shock wave therapy.  I was desperate so I went. He has a three point program- yes, expensive and not covered- but you are an important investment. he was willing to give %10 off if paying for two sessions at a time. I'm on session 6 after the past 3 weeks.  $75 a time otherwise.  

Sessions last about 15 minutes.  time breakdown consists of- 10 minutes of acupuncture, 5 minutes of intense shock wave therapy which is suppose to break down the scar tissue and encourage the area to start healing again- do not take an anti-inflamatory- and then manipulation and stretching.  First few appointments I was in so much pain.  I declined pain killers bc of the type of work I am in.  I found extra strength tylonel thank goodness worked and the topical Bell roll on pepper cream joint relief worked at night with heat.  I had to practice hanging my arm and swinging it and creeping my hand up a wall.  I could not do either as my arm felt stuck in several places.  Throbbing pain stopped and mild aching only.  Third and fourth session started to be able to reach my arm up and out.  Now on 6th, still some aching bc of some postural issues- almost full movement in arm.  Was recommended to take some joint lubricant - one type has shellfish so I couldn't take it bc of an allergy- I will start taking it tomorrow.  I was told to avoid a cortesone shot as it just masks problem and does not treat actual problem.  I am hoping that this therapy continues to be successful and is not as frequent. I would recommend the investment as it apparently cuts the recovery time in half and helps with the ability to unfreeze shoulder much sooner. I wanted to share bc I did not see much on this.  All the best.

My story is pretty similar, 12 months ago a sore shoulder that got worse fairly swiftly until I went to see the Dr.  An X-ray revealed nothing dubious so tendinitis was suggested.  A first cortisone injection didn't do the trick but a second one provided some relief.  I plodded on popping ibuprofen and then naproxen which I soon discovered both gave me nighttime heartburn.  Went back to Dr in Spring who prescribed maloxicam which seemed to sort the heartburn and he suggested physio.  I blew off the physio because I could only get my arm up to shoulder height and was too scared (I know total wimp).  Struggled through Summer (no swimming for me either) and then went back to Dr.  As it was still so sore had an MRI, again nothing dubious so Frozen Shoulder was diagnosed with 2 options, surgery or physio.  I opted for physio because I didn't want surgery (did I mention I'm a wimp) and have now had 2 sessions a week for around 5 weeks.

I do feel better after physio but am still having pain (which moves around a lot) when I raise my arm above 45° from straight out.  During my physio 'massage/manipulation' they can move it higher but everything seems to seize up again between sessions.

To sum up, I'm coping but still get pretty down from time to time mainly just at how long this has dragged on.  I see online timelines of 30 months or up to seven years and I just want to cry!!