I have frozen shoulder, can it heal on its own? How to relieve pain after the onset? I will tell you clearly

The shoulder joint is the joint with the largest range of motion among all joints in the body. Since the joint capsule of the shoulder joint is very loose, the stability of the joint is mostly maintained by the strength of the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

　　Since the blood supply of the tendon itself is relatively poor, and there will be degenerative changes with age, coupled with the frequent activities of the shoulder joint in life, the shoulder joint is prone to chronic strain, which in turn induces an inflammatory response.

Periarthritis of the shoulder 　　is also called frozen shoulder clinically . After the onset of the disease, patients will have shoulder pain symptoms, especially at night, the pain is very obvious, and the pain will gradually increase.

　　As the patient's condition progresses, the movement of the shoulder joint may also be limited. However, frozen shoulder is a self-limiting disease . When the symptoms of frozen shoulder develop to a certain extent, it will gradually ease, and usually it will heal on its own in about 1 year.

　　However, because frozen shoulder itself will cause pain, patients are often unbearable , and frozen shoulder will affect the normal activities of the patient's shoulder joint . If the patient does not cooperate with treatment and functional exercise during the development of the disease, even after it heals, it may leave functional impairments of varying degrees . Therefore, frozen shoulder is a disease that needs to be treated.

　　So the question is, after the onset of frozen shoulder, how should the patient be treated?

　　1. Pain treatment

　　This belongs to the early stage of frozen shoulder, and the pain symptoms of patients are relatively severe, and the appearance of dysfunction is often caused by muscle spasm caused by pain. Therefore, the current treatment is mainly to relieve the pain of patients and prevent the occurrence of joint disorders .

　　At present, the commonly used clinical treatment methods include sling braking, closed therapy, intermittent electrotherapy, warm compress and cold compress . If necessary, patients also need to take anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs and apply topical pain relievers;

　　2. Freezing period treatment

　　At this stage, joint dysfunction is the main problem of the disease, and pain at this time is often caused by joint movement disorders. Therefore, for patients who have developed into the freezing period, the focus of treatment is to restore the normal movement of the joints.

　　At present, most of the clinical treatments are carried out in the form of physiotherapy , which includes massage, massage, medical sports and other measures. In severe cases, when necessary, the patient needs to take massage under anesthesia to relieve the adhesion of tissues around the joint.

　　One point that needs to be emphasized is that patients should adhere to the functional exercise of the shoulder joint, and actively cooperate with the functional training of sports. From a clinical point of view, active exercise is the most important link in the entire treatment process;

　　3. Recovery period

　　After entering the recovery phase, the main purpose of the patient's treatment is to eliminate the residual symptoms.

　　The treatment at this stage is very brief. It is based on the principle of continuing to strengthen functional training, enhancing the strength of the muscles around the shoulder joint, restoring the waste atrophy of the shoulder girdle muscles that have appeared before, and restoring the normal elasticity and contractility of the deltoid muscles and other muscles . Only in this way can we achieve full recovery and prevent recurrence.

　　Finally, it should be emphasized that frozen shoulder in different periods has different treatment methods.

　　When symptoms similar to shoulder periarthritis appear, patients should not treat themselves, but should actively seek medical attention to carry out relevant examinations. Reduce the chance of recurrence of frozen shoulder in the later stage.