frozen shoulders need to time of the gym

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  • blc1971
    blc1971 Posts: 170 Member
    I have a torn rotator cuff and subsequently my right shoulder froze. I agree with other posters that it is very painful!! I received 2 cortizone shots deep in the joint which relieved the pain and swelling enough to allow me to do extensive physical therapy which broke the frozen shoulder free after several months. Follow your doctor's advice but inactivity will only cause it to freeze up more and limit your mobility more. As others have posted, make sure you follow your therapy and keep up with your exercises at home that they will give you. It takes time to break it free this way but it's better than going under anesthesia, having the doctor break it free, and then having to wear a sling for several weeks. I would also recommend that even after you have regained motion you continue with the exercises as it can freeze up again later. Good luck to you!!
  • AsrarHussain
    AsrarHussain Posts: 1,424 Member
    I have a torn rotator cuff and subsequently my right shoulder froze. I agree with other posters that it is very painful!! I received 2 cortizone shots deep in the joint which relieved the pain and swelling enough to allow me to do extensive physical therapy which broke the frozen shoulder free after several months. Follow your doctor's advice but inactivity will only cause it to freeze up more and limit your mobility more. As others have posted, make sure you follow your therapy and keep up with your exercises at home that they will give you. It takes time to break it free this way but it's better than going under anesthesia, having the doctor break it free, and then having to wear a sling for several weeks. I would also recommend that even after you have regained motion you continue with the exercises as it can freeze up again later. Good luck to you!!

    iv been resting hopefully i will be back soon miss the gym
  • cacklingcat
    cacklingcat Posts: 150 Member
    i suggest you use some punctuation.

    Than don't read it, your comment is not helpful to the op.
  • Zaniejane
    Zaniejane Posts: 329 Member
    I have been suffering for a year. I had shoulder surgery two weeks ago. I think you need an MRI or ultra sound to see why it's frozen. You have to keep moving a frozen shoulder, and I'm glad you are going to a physiotherapist.

    At the moment I am doing passive range of motion to avoid a frozen shoulder. I do daily ten minutes of pendulum swings. I do pulley exercises. If you don't have a pulley you can drape a skipping rope over your shower curtain rail. The idea is for the good arm to assist the frozen arm to elevate just as much as you are comfortable. Last February I worked hard on this until I was able to elevate the arm on my own. I do postural exercises and other assisted motion exercises using a broomstick or my good arm right now too.

    In the Spring, I dead lifted and did rows with a barbell. I was able to get progressively heavier for about a month, then the calcium deposit (the cause of my problem) prevented my arm from having the flexibility to move comfortably. I haven't done any pushing exercises in years!
    Good luck! Feel free to ask me any questions. My life has basically been learning about shoulder health for the last year:). In my surgery, most of the calcium was removed and the surgeon even scraped the bone above the rotator cuff to create more room for my muscles. As it stands now, I don't think I'll ever do barbell overhead presses, but I hope to do every thing Else, replacing OHP with incline presses and forward raises.
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    I have been through frozen shoulder, too. There should be a good number of physical therapy exercises for you to work on, so do what the therapist tells you, for sure. It's a long, slow recovery, but you will eventually get through it if you work on the things they give you and don't try to make your shoulders do things they aren't ready for.
  • AsrarHussain
    AsrarHussain Posts: 1,424 Member
    I have been through frozen shoulder, too. There should be a good number of physical therapy exercises for you to work on, so do what the therapist tells you, for sure. It's a long, slow recovery, but you will eventually get through it if you work on the things they give you and don't try to make your shoulders do things they aren't ready for.

    iv been driving less and going gym but doing light arms and doing legs basic no pushing pulling from shoulders keeping weight light.
  • AsrarHussain
    AsrarHussain Posts: 1,424 Member
    I have been suffering for a year. I had shoulder surgery two weeks ago. I think you need an MRI or ultra sound to see why it's frozen. You have to keep moving a frozen shoulder, and I'm glad you are going to a physiotherapist.

    At the moment I am doing passive range of motion to avoid a frozen shoulder. I do daily ten minutes of pendulum swings. I do pulley exercises. If you don't have a pulley you can drape a skipping rope over your shower curtain rail. The idea is for the good arm to assist the frozen arm to elevate just as much as you are comfortable. Last February I worked hard on this until I was able to elevate the arm on my own. I do postural exercises and other assisted motion exercises using a broomstick or my good arm right now too.

    In the Spring, I dead lifted and did rows with a barbell. I was able to get progressively heavier for about a month, then the calcium deposit (the cause of my problem) prevented my arm from having the flexibility to move comfortably. I haven't done any pushing exercises in years!
    Good luck! Feel free to ask me any questions. My life has basically been learning about shoulder health for the last year:). In my surgery, most of the calcium was removed and the surgeon even scraped the bone above the rotator cuff to create more room for my muscles. As it stands now, I don't think I'll ever do barbell overhead presses, but I hope to do every thing Else, replacing OHP with incline presses and forward raises.

    I am unable to do any pushing or pulling I can do tricep extension light weight and curls light stuff and squats and leg press not a lot but id rather do something than do nothing.
  • DogsRMyBznss
    DogsRMyBznss Posts: 1 Member
    I've never even heard of frozen shoulder. Hope you mend quickly.
  • PJ_73
    PJ_73 Posts: 331 Member
    You have no need to apologise to anyone or assure them you'll try harder next time, mate!! Some people don't have better things to do with their time than troll threads to pick people up on crap like that. Sad really.

    I had a few days off last month with shoulder probs and wasn't able to train. I thought it might be a frozen shoulder but eased up after a few days and trainer thinks it was Tendonitis (I think!). I just know it was bloody sore.

    Hope you're on the mend soon, love. You can always work your legs and cardio is an option.

    Take care and don't push yourself!
  • Zaniejane
    Zaniejane Posts: 329 Member
    OP that is awful, I'm sorry you are still suffering. What had the physiotherapist told you to do?
  • AsrarHussain
    AsrarHussain Posts: 1,424 Member
    OP that is awful, I'm sorry you are still suffering. What had the physiotherapist told you to do?

    rotator cuff exersises
  • AsrarHussain
    AsrarHussain Posts: 1,424 Member
    You have no need to apologise to anyone or assure them you'll try harder next time, mate!! Some people don't have better things to do with their time than troll threads to pick people up on crap like that. Sad really.

    I had a few days off last month with shoulder probs and wasn't able to train. I thought it might be a frozen shoulder but eased up after a few days and trainer thinks it was Tendonitis (I think!). I just know it was bloody sore.

    Hope you're on the mend soon, love. You can always work your legs and cardio is an option.

    Take care and don't push yourself!

    thank you
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