"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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> RodS wrote:
>> Tiger Lily wrote:
>>
>>> oh Rod,
>>>
>>> frozen shoulder left me eating hot dogs and hamburgers as they require
>>> no utensils to cook or eat them with (ok, a spatula to flip them)
>>>
>>> hope you are over this in short order!
>>>
>>> kate
>> Thanks, I thought I was over the worst of it but it's got worse since
>> Christmas, someone with this invented microwaves I think :-)
>>
>>
> Rod, i had frozen shoulder in my right arm for about 5 months before i
> told my GP about it........ and i went for physio treatment on it for
> close to a year.......... in the interim, i got frozen shoulder in the
> LEFT arm as well..... the osteo Dr told me 'no, i won't give you a steroid
> shot for this, and i want you to stop all physio therapy right now.'
>
> i was rather shocked and a bit worried about this approach
>
> within 6 weeks, my right arm 'recovered' and another 2 weeks later my left
> arm 'recovered'
>
> i could not believe it, the left arm had frozen shoulder for a FRACTION of
> the time the right arm had it
>
> it still wasn't much fun when i was suffering from it......... hope yours
> resolves itself quickly!
>
> kate



That is so strange, Kate. My orthopedic doc and all the others I know of
recommend physical therapy before anything else. I had a broken shoulder,
and it is because of the physical therapy that I regained use of it as much
as I have today.

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