Self-Help Stories

Thank you so much for this book - it really saved my life.

D.G (Australia)

Eminently understandable and more importantly - doable.

Caroline Chadderton (Editor, Yours Magazine UK)

‘I even told my brother’ 

About 3-4 years ago, I was seized by the most crippling frozen shoulder, and only discovered your website after going through the gamut of standard treatments, culminating in a couple of cortisone injections, which only succeeded in redoubling the pain.  I then embarked on your programme, which showed results within a couple of weeks, and I was virtually back to normal in about 2 months.  Since then, my brother also got a frozen shoulder, so I put him on to your technique, with similar results.

GMH, UK

"I ordered the book, "Treat Your Own Frozen Shoulder" after a shoulder manipulation. Physical therapy was only making me more stiff. I gave the book to my massage therapist who specializes in deep tissue massage. After four sessions plus exercises, I've gained back a great deal of mobility, specifically internal rotation. I can almost unhook my own bra now, something I thought I'd never be able to do again. My therapist is interested in further training in your technique in the U.S. I'm interested in more self-help and articles to present to my Orthopaedic surgeon.

Thanks, "

T Norum, USA

"My frozen shoulder is responding and I am amazed. No doctor or physical therapist here in Connecticut was able to help me. I had been in pain for a year. I was so discouraged and now I am doing so much better. My husband has patiently worked with me for 2 months now and I have much less pain and more mobility. Thank you for making your knowledge available by writing the book. Sincerely,"

Laura Hamel

"Thank you your book was excellent. I have been meaning to contact you. I have my shoulder back and working thanks to your treatment. I work for the NHS and all the treatment given to me through my GP and going to a physiotherapist did not help. In fact I would have paid anything to have had my shoulder back working like it does now and to be out of that terrible pain. Many thanks again."

M Fairweather, UK

"I just wanted to let you know that I ordered your self-help book when it came out last summer. I had previous experience with my left shoulder freezing and finding that traditional therapy was painful and unsuccessful. When my right shoulder began having symptoms, I did my best to keep it moving so it wouldn't freeze. I wasn't successful. After reading your book, my husband followed the directions for treatment. After about 2 or 3 weeks the improvement was so significant that we sort of forgot to do any more. It's been months now and my range of motion is almost back to normal. The pain relief from just a few treatments was wonderful."

C Powell, USA

"I bought your book a little over a month ago. My wife got the syndrome in both arms shortly after chemotherapy a year ago. She was doing a lot of gardening during and after the chemo, and also was kicked into menopause. I started noticing trouble swimming last summer, and things have gotten slowly worse, although a lot worse in the last three months. My wife and I have been using the treatments for a month now. She seems to be getting a lot better."

P.S, USA

"Denise G - AustraliaYour Frozen Shoulder book really explained a lot of things that neither doctor nor physiotherapist could. I am very happy to have purchased it. Denise G - Australia"

Mr A.W. - Canada

I've purchase Simeon's frozen shoulder therapy book and found it very helpful in treating my shoulder. Simeon - You've done a great job putting together your frozen shoulder therapy book. Congratulations!

Mrs. R. S. - USA

For the first time in 7 months my shoulder is moving in ways I haven't been able to move it... and without the intense pain. After 3 sessions I could feel a difference in the way I slept at night. It's hard to believe that after 4 doctor's counsel, thousands of dollars, surgery, arm wrenching and no sleep to brag about since February, that this wonderful massage and pressure is possibly my saviour. You are a genius, thank you for everything and I will keep you posted.

Warm regards,

Sara Lewis in the USA

I would like to thank you for your frozen shoulder treatment program. I was diagnosed with frozen shoulder in May of 2006 by an orthopedic specialist who sent me for physical therapy. At the time, my shoulder was in the "freezing stage" and had been progressively worsening since around the first of the year.

The treatment given by the physical therapist sent the shoulder immediately in to the frozen stage and I was quite distressed with the lack of mobility and the debilitating pain. I couldn't find anyone in California with any knowledge of treating frozen shoulder.

I found your website, ordered your program, and was fortunate enough to find an incredible chiropractor willing to learn the technique with me and be my therapy partner. I am amazed that it was so easy to implement and have felt incredibly fortunate to have discovered your program.

Within a very short time I started to experience a "thawing" of the shoulder and decreased pain. I would like to share with you my numbers, where I started and where I am now. My flexion went from 92 degrees to 165 degrees, extension from 32 degrees to 70 degrees, abduction from 45 degrees to 150 degrees, and external rotation from 64 degrees to 90 degrees.

It is so wonderful to have the use of my arm again and I am so very grateful to you and your colleagues for putting this program "out there" within everyone's reach!

Warmest Regards

Diane Colvin

"Your book literally gave me back my life!"

"I am writing on behalf of my Husband Dieter and Myself to share our experiences of treating my frozen shoulder with your wonderful self-help book.

In March this year I realized that something was terribly wrong with (I thought) my right arm. After 2 months of x-rays, ultrasounds, physiotherapy and acupuncture an MRI scan finally confirmed that I was suffering from Adhesive Capsulitis. I read as much as I could on the subject and co-operated with my Doctor's recommendations to have nerve block injections, cortisone injections and a course of oral steroids to try and relieve my symptoms - nothing helped and the pain just kept getting worse and worse. I was no longer able to carry on normally; shopping, driving, housework etc were almost impossible and I sank into depression and would burst into tears at the drop of a hat. I felt isolated and misunderstood.

On 25th July I ordered "Treat your own frozen shoulder". I had just returned from a visit to a Rheumatologist who suggested a manipulation under anaesthetic operation. I was extremely reluctant to agree to this procedure, my gut instinct was to refuse so I surfed the net looking for more information and I found your website. I was so impressed by the information and testimonials on your website and really felt that I had nothing to lose and everything to gain so I ordered your book online.

When the book arrived (very promptly) I read it from cover to cover and then passed it on to Dieter to read and a couple of days later we decided to attempt our first treatment session. We were both very tentative and I must admit that the first couple of sessions were very painful, but as we continued and Dieter became more and more confident in the techniques, my pain lessened substantially. After 6 sessions I was virtually pain-free and was able to sleep through the night. We had a break of 3 weeks as Dieter had to travel overseas and when he returned we started the treatment again. I have now had a further 4 treatments and have no significant pain at all any more and my range of movement is improving all the time.

We are in no doubt that without your book I would not have made such incredible progress in such a short time. We found the diagrams and instructions very clear and easy to follow and Dieter, who had a rather cautious approach at first, has become a confident "home therapist". We also feel that by him treating me it gave him a greater understanding of my condition and the pain associated with it and psychologically this helped me enormously as I found that lack of understanding of my condition by physiotherapists, friends and even various doctors contributed to my depressed state.

I can't thank you enough for your book; it literally gave me back my life! I will most definitely be recommending it to anyone I come across who is suffering from a frozen shoulder. I wish you well in your work and hope that you may be able to train some Australian therapists - we need them here!!

Kind regards,"

Denise G - Australia

Thank you so much for this book - it really saved my life.

D.G (Australia)

It works.

I had frozen shoulder and was unable to sleep well at night because of the chronic pain.  I bought your book, my wife learned your techniques and began applying them.  Within two weeks of treatment, the pain had significantly diminished and I was able to sleep again.  Continued treatment with your method rapidly increased my range of movement.  I am well on the way to a full recovery.

My story is fairly typical of those which FS.  I first noticed pain in my shoulder joint.  I initially thought it was just a sprain and that it would soon go away with a bit of rest.  It didn't go away but instead got significantly worse.  A visit to my GP incorrectly diagnosed the problem as bursitis.  He sent me off for an ultrasound and x-ray and gave me a shot of cortisone in the joint.  It didn't help so he gave me a second shot a couple of weeks later. Still no help.  I was then referred to a specialist, a osteopath who correctly diagnosed FS.  She advised me that the standard treatments were physiotherapy and radical joint manipulation under anaesthetic.  She made it clear that neither is particularly effective. 

I searched the internet for more information on the condition and hoped to find a treatment that would help.  Which is how a came upon your site.

I was initially very sceptical of what you were offering.  As I read more, I could see that your methods were scientifically based and refined by trial and error.  I was heartened by the fact that you weren't making any outlandish promises and that your method did not involve magic crystals or healing potions.  The testimonies of your patients convinced me to try you method.  I'm glad I did and recommend your method to anyone with FS.

M. J. (-)