Immobility / Stiffness

All About Shoulder Pain

This is the key diagnostic sign of a frozen shoulder; you can’t move the arm and neither can anyone else if they lift the arm for you. The shoulder becomes stiff or stuck anywhere between 48 hours to 4 weeks from the initial pain – if your shoulder is not ‘stuck’ you may not have a true frozen shoulder. Many people are forced to give up work, as a result of the pain and stiffness that commonly persist for many years. Recent studies indicate that even after seven years 70% of sufferers still have some persistent disability.

The inability to work and the constant pain and stiffness can have a considerable impact on you psychologically as well as financially. We are only too aware that patients can become extremely depressed and anxious as a result.

‘With our unique drug-free treatment programme, this no-longer has to be the case’

You may well have one of the following symptoms:

  • Stiffness (may not be fully stiff for several months) - both active and passive movements are stiff i.e. neither you nor anyone else can lift it.
  • Inability to drive
  • Swelling of tendons causes severe limitation in movement, especially reaching up behind the back
  • Personal hygiene - bathing etc… can become problematic, especially if it is bilateral
  • Increased smell/odour from armpit area! (See RSD/CRPS-I)