Frozen Shoulder – Pain & Trouble with the Rotator Cuff.
Posted: Friday, February 10, 2012
by Jessie Eldora
gotmydigital.com
Pain & Trouble with the Rotator Cuff.
Cheryl winced as she removed her jacket. “My shoulder`s so painful!” she told her doctor. “Even turning over in bed is uncomfortable.” The doctor said it sounded like frozen shoulder. He wanted a closer look. He asked Cheryl what kind of work she did as he examined her shoulder and area. Cheryl described the duties as a Deli worker, in the grocery store. She worked with loading frozen meat in and out of the big freezer. She also helped with wheeling the fresh meat to the meat counter, in a fairly large steel flatbed on wheels.
Shoulder pain is disabling because we move our arms so much during a normal day-to-day activities. Obvious sources of discomfort are a fractured collar-cone or upper arm bone near the shoulder, a dislocated shoulder or a torn muscle. The commonest causes, however, are frozen shoulder, tendinitis and osteoarthritis in the neck.
Frozen Shoulder:
Frozen shoulder is also known as adhesive capsulitis and someone who has it finds it difficult, if not impossible, stop move their shoulder joint through the normal range of movement. The underlying abnormality is inflammation and thickening of the joint capsule immediately around the joint, and it`s most likely to occur in the middle age or after an injury, as well as in those with diabetes, heart disease, a store, or repeated bronchitis. A frozen shoulder can be very sore and stops you raising your arm sideways or rotating it outwards.
There is a temptation to move as little as possible but experts agree this isn`t wise, and recommend special exercises, along with warm clothes and heat or ice –packs. Massage your shoulder with a pain-relieving product containing ibuprofen or capsaicin. A steroid injection may also offer some relief.
Tendinitis:
Tendinitis (rotator cuff tendinitis) means there`s inflammation of the tendons around the should joint; occasionally calcium particles add to the pain and need surgical removal. Tendinitis may respond to the same treatments as frozen should, with different exercises and injection site.
Osteoarthritis:
Osteoarthritis in the neck cause tine boy protuberances which trigger should pain by pressing on nerves in the neck. Your doctors will advise on treatment.
Sister Cheryl did indeed have a frozen shoulder and was treated by a physiotherapist. She required a steroid shot, and some rest with ice, before starting therapy.
A few years later it was my other sister Bonnie who had her rotator cuff injured. She worked in a Senior`s nursing home. Her duties were running a large floor cleaning machine, as well as other chores. She had worked there about two years at the time this happened.
Both of my sisters were over forty-five years old. I really don`t know if that had anything to do with it or not? But, I do know that their jobs were repetitive. Years later … they are both doing well.
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