Is shoulder pain due to frozen shoulder? How can I be sure if I have frozen shoulder?

Shoulder pain is common in people over 40 years old, but now it is easy to suffer from shoulder pain when sitting in front of a computer for a long time. When it comes to shoulder pain, many people think it is frozen shoulder, but this is not necessarily the case. So how to judge whether it is frozen shoulder?

Is shoulder pain caused by periarthritis?

It is not necessarily frozen shoulder, it may also be a rotator cuff injury. Because the two conditions have similar symptoms, it is easy to misjudge when distinguishing them.

Among all shoulder diseases, frozen shoulder accounts for 25%, rotator cuff injury accounts for 50%, and other shoulder joint diseases account for 25%. Cervical spondylosis, shoulder muscle strain, shoulder periarthritis, bone disease or myositis can also cause shoulder pain. It is recommended to go to the hospital for examination.

The diagnosis of frozen shoulder should be based on a history of long-term excessive activity and poor posture, shoulder injury, shoulder pain, limited shoulder joint movement, chills, tenderness, muscle spasm or atrophy, combined with imaging examinations to confirm the diagnosis.

How do you determine if you have frozen shoulder?

Have you ever had any trauma?

When limited movement in one direction occurs, you should first consider whether you have had an injury. If so, you should consider problems caused by rotator cuff injury. You don't necessarily have to consider frozen shoulder. It is very common for acute injury to cause chronic strain and limited muscle function to lead to decreased joint mobility.

Difficulty with extension

When this kind of pain occurs, we should first analyze which part of the body is causing the difficulty in extension. The method is relatively simple. First do this action, feel which part is painful, try to find the pain point in the painful area, and then let us massage it well to eliminate the pain.

Common pain points

Generally speaking, if posterior extension is difficult, there are two directions that need to be palpated. One is the adhesion in front of the joint capsule, and the other is the tension and pain in the infraspinatus muscle, teres minor muscle, and posterior bundle of the deltoid muscle. If there is pain in all of them, all of them need to be massaged to relieve it. Massage of the muscles around the shoulder joint is more painful, so the technique should not be too heavy.

Massage a pain point for about 3 minutes, and then stretch in the restricted direction. If the pain point is accurately identified, it will be relieved after massage. If you persist for a week, the usual symptoms will also improve. Otherwise, it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment, and timely treatment can also be very good recovery.

What are some ways to relieve shoulder pain?

Upright lift

Hold a barbell of appropriate weight in each hand, draw circles from the outside of the body until it is raised horizontally, then slowly return to the upright position along the original path until it is in an upright position, a set of 12 times.

Chest expansion and shoulder separation

Fold your arms and place them on your chest, with your elbows parallel to your shoulders, your hands facing up and your palms facing down; then open your arms and separate your shoulders; inhale as you stretch and exhale as you pull back.

Fingers climbing the wall

Stand in front of the wall, raise your arms, and slowly climb your fingers along the wall, raising your upper limbs as high as possible, then slowly return to the original position, repeat many times, and gradually increase the height.

Rounded shoulders

When standing, let your upper limbs hang naturally, stretch your arms, and draw circles from front to back, gradually increasing the amplitude, and repeat several times.

Press your head down with both hands

Cross your hands, lower your head, place your palms on the headrest, press down gently, and the headrest will resist backwards. Slowly raise your head for 1 minute.