Stamford, Darien, Norwalk, New Canaan CT - Frozen Shoulder Exciting New Treatment

What is Frozen Shoulder?Frozen shoulder, also known as adhesive capsulitis, is a condition characterized by stiffness and pain in your shoulder joint. Signs and symptoms typically begin gradually, worsen over time and then resolve, usually within one to three years. Here is the progression of frozen shoulder symptoms. It begins with any movement of your shoulder that causes pain, and your shoulder's range of motion starts to become limited. Usually, this will be ignored or treated with heat, tens units, or NSAIDs.  Next, if there was any pain it may begin to diminish initially during this next stage. However, your shoulder becomes stiffer, and using it becomes more difficult. Watch out because here is where the shoulder pain and difficulty sleeping starts to turn up. Restful sleep becomes more difficult to attain adding to increased pain as scar tissue starts to form in the thin muscle covering called the fascia. Simple movements become gradually more painful and you naturally start to use the shoulder less and less. This allows for greater infiltration of scar-like adhesions resulting in even more shoulder pain and less motion. Radial Pulsed Shock Wave therapy, also known as Extracorporeal Pulse Activation Technology (EPAT) is the most advanced non-invasive treatment approved by the FDA. Core Health has been using this effective therapy for several years. Here is how it works, it uses pressure waves that stimulate the metabolism, enhance blood circulation and accelerate the healing process, allowing damaged tissue to regenerate and heal. The next part of fixing a frozen shoulder is to isolate specific muscle groups that we have found to be the real culprit in adhesive capsulitis. The latissimus dorsi muscles, known as the lats, are the large V-shaped muscles that connect your arms to your vertebral column. They help protect and stabilize your spine while providing shoulder and back strength. We find the Lats to be shortened. Next up usually the subscapularis is shortened as well. The subscapularis internally or medially rotates the humerus. So you can see why it might be involved in frozen shoulder cases, typically these muscles are stretched to resolve the role they play in adhesive capsulitis. Our findings also include a weakened deltoid and a weakened subscapularis muscle. These must be strengthened to improve the overall function of the shoulder. Patients report almost immediate improvement when using EPAT, muscle strengthening, and muscle stretching. If you would like more information call Core Health Darien at 203-656-3636 and get the help you need. Remember the old way of treating can take years. So if you would like help with your shoulder pain I suggest you make the call. Have a Question? Just AskThis podcast welcomes your feedback here are several ways to reach out to me. If you have a topic you would like to hear about send me a message.  I appreciate your listening. Dr. Brian Mc Kayhttps://twitter.com/DarienChiro/https://www.facebook.com/ChiropractorBrianMckayhttps://chiropractor-darien-dr-brian-mckay.business.sitehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not-just-chiropractor-for-stamford-darien-norwalk-new/id1503674397?uo=4Core Health Darien-Dr.Brian Mc Kay 551 Post RoadDarien CT 06820203-656-363641.0833695 -73.46652073GMP+87 Darien, Connecticuthttps://youtu.be/WpA__dDF0O041.0834196 -73.46423349999999https://darienchiropractor.comhttps://darienchiropractor.com/darien/darien-ct-understanding-pain/Find us on Social Mediahttps://chiropractor-darien-dr-brian-mckay.business.site  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHc0Hn85Iiet56oGUpX8rwhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nJ9wlvg2Tne8257paDkkIBEyIz-oZZYy/edit#gid=517721981https://goo.gl/maps/js6hGWvcwHKBGCZ88https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=Uhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/darienchiropractorhttps://www.facebook.com/ChiropractorBrianMckayhttps://sites.google.com/view/corehealthdarien/https://sites.google.com/view/corehealthdarien/home