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Originally Posted by bjones6416
I spent almost all of the past year dealing with frozen shoulder on the right side. It has pretty much resolved (with a lot of pt visits) but now the left one is freezing, even more painfully than the first one did. Lots of different opinions around about treatment, but pt helped me get through the last one (and I really like my therapist) so I'm going that route with this one. Except today I came home from pt and burst into tears, because the session was soooo painful.  |
I can empathize with what you're going through. I suffered with frozen shoulder (my right) about 2 years ago. I went to PT 3 times a week for 3 months and it still wasn't back to normal, though it did help. I got a painful shot in that shoulder too. Semi-relief lasted about a day, no longer. Then I was sent to a pain specialist and was given some heavy duty pain pills I'd never heard of, but were quite potent. I stay away from even OTC drugs if at all possible. A headache has to last for hours before I consider taking anything for it. But I was in so much pain that I took the pain pills (but only when I'd be staying at home). They helped a great deal, time passed and with continuing PT at home as well, eventually my shoulder was usable again and pain-free, but from onset to recovery lasted nearly a year.
I hope your current bout with frozen shoulder turns out to be not as severe and of shorter duration. I know I never want to go through that again. And I feel bad for anyone that goes through it, especially a second time. Best of luck.