Frozen Shoulder | Pain Down The Arm

Pain down the arm is common with frozen shoulder.

Some people only feel the pain around the shoulder itself but for others it can spread all the way to the hand. Trying to sleep on that side at night is often the worst thing.

My painful frozen shoulder

Hello

This is the first post on my new blog. My grand daughter Jess told me I should do this - I've never been a "blogger" before.

My name is Katherine S Jones but everyone just calls me Kathy. I'm sixty six years old and my health has always been good .... good until two months ago at least when I developed a pain in my left shoulder. Frozen shoulder as it turns out to be.

I don't recall a shoulder injury except maybe a tiny tweak. The pain just seemed to start out of nowhere.

My shoulder pain got worse and worse for about two weeks. I went to see my local family doctor who said he thought it was just a muscle injury - but when things did not get better I saw a specialist shoulder doctor who told me that I had a frozen shoulder - or adhesive capsulitis as he called it.

He told me that all I could do was take painkillers ( which I hate to do - always have ) and maybe get some physical therapy.

So much for experts !

Any ways - I'll be back with more details shortly - just want to see how this first attempt will turn out.

Kathy