05 Nov 🥴Got a sore and painful shoulder that’s limiting your lifestyle

😲Did you know that a painful shoulder can become a Frozen Shoulder🥶

Shoulder pain is a common and disabling complaint with 70% of the population 👱‍♀️having experienced shoulder pain at some point in their lifetime. A common mistake that people with shoulder pain make is waiting and hoping 🤞for the shoulder pain to get better with time.

What many people don’t realise is a painful shoulder can actually become a Frozen Shoulder.🥶 There are 3 Stages of Shoulder Pain;

1. Freezing Phase
This is when the Shoulder Pain is slowly becoming more painful 🥴and often keeps people up at night. In the Freezing Phase, with increasing pain, you slowly begin to lose the range of motion in your shoulder. This is when Physiotherapy 💪is most effective in treating the shoulder pain and achieving full recovery to return to pain free active living.

2. Frozen Phase 🥶
This is when the shoulder joint completely loses range of movement and people are no longer able to lift their arm up. 😳In the Frozen Phase, the shoulder pain is usually reduced and some people will report no longer having pain but no longer having function either. Studies have shown that the Frozen Phase can last up to 2 years. In this stage, nothing has been shown to be effective to improve the shoulder range of movement. 😳You simply have to put up with a stiff shoulder that does not move. Many people find their lifestyle and function severely impacted.

3. Thawing Phase
This is when the shoulder joint gradually starts to “unfreeze” and movement returns. 🤗It is unclear why the shoulder suddenly unfreezes after a period of 18 months to 2 years of being “frozen”, however, in the Thawing Phase Physiotherapy can again be very effective 💪in helping you regain your full movement and function in your shoulder.

So if you are experiencing shoulder pain, 😳see an Expert Physiotherapist 🤓as soon as possible before your shoulder becomes “frozen”! Ring My Favourite Physio 📱on (02) 9790 4233 today! Or DM us @myfavouritephysio to speak to one of our Expert Physiotherapists 🤓today!