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The Frozen Shoulder Treatment that works!
Health Section Woman's realm Oct. 31st 2000
Frozen Shoulder is common, painful and has serious effects for sufferers. Now an Osteopath has come to the rescue with a treatment that's quick and very effective. Tanya Farmery
Although half of all frozen shoulders are due to injury, the cause of this painful condition in other sufferers remains a mystery. What is known is that women and diabetics - particularly between the ages of 40 & 70 - are most susceptible.
A frozen shoulder is just that - one which can't be raised more than shoulder level in any direction. It occurs when fluid-filled bags and tendons surrounding the joint become inflamed. Usually, the bags lubricate the joint but, when swollen, they stick to nearby tendons, restricting movement, then the muscles begin to waste away.
Early symptoms of Frozen shoulder syndrome include sharp pain in the shoulders and restricted arm movements when trying to do basic tasks, such as brushing your hair or fastening a bra.
Because the cause is a mystery, there is no fail-safe advice for avoiding the condition. Most people recover but the pain usually lasts about 30 months and severe cases may even require joint-replacement.
So far conventional treatments - such as physiotherapy, cortisone injections and manipulation under anaesthetic - have offered only limited help. But London Osteopath Simeon Niel-Asher has developed a technique, which has been showing a success rate of 82% in achieving full and pain-free shoulder movement, whilst a further 8% experience significant improvement.
'3 years ago a friend's mum came to see me with a frozen shoulder', recalls Simeon. It took about 15 sessions but we did get rid of it. Then I had a run of about 10 other patients with the same condition. Normally with Osteopathy there isn't a formula for treating people - everyone is different. What I realised as I treated these patients however, was that using the same technique on each had the same positive effects'.
Last year Simeon founded The London Frozen Shoulder Clinic where he has already started to train other Osteopaths in his technique.
'I now specialize in treating the syndrome and not only take photographs of patients arm movements but use an Ultrasound scanner so I can see exactly what is going on inside the shoulder. I aim to pin point whether the capsule is stuck at the front, at the back or side of the shoulder, then stretch the capsule so it loosens the tendons'.
Simeon finds that most patients need between five and eight sessions to 'defrost' the shoulder.
