What is frozen shoulder?

What is a frozen shoulder?

That's what I asked my doctor ... my therapist ... my family ... and pretty much everyone else in earshot - needless to say they all got a bit fed up of me and my questions.

But what is it?

Here's what I eventually discovered - thanks to Doctor Cameron's frozen shoulder book.

It turns out that frozen shoulder is a condition that happens mostly to women in their fifties and sixties. I don't have diabetes - my doctor tested me for this and it was negative. Frozen shoulder is much more common in diabetes patients.

From what I understand - and I think this is correct but leave me a note at the bottom if it isn't - the shoulder joint gets a bit inflamed inside and then gets sticky. The sticky fluid from the inflammation makes the bits of the joint stick to each other inside. This causes it to be stiff and painful - very painful sometimes. I don't know about you if you have frozen shoulder too but sudden movements of my arm really stop me in my tracks with the pain of it all.

I was very worried that I had arthritis but Doctor Gordon Cameron says that frozen shoulder is not usually a form of arthritis - it gets better eventually in nearly everyone.

Have you had frozen shoulder too?

Let me know how you found the experience?

K

PS - I saw that it said Robin's name at the bottom of each note I write to you. Robin is my son in law. He helped me start this up.