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Relieve Frozen Shoulder Pain through Massage in Tampa
Frozen shoulder pain can be excruciating. It can leave you unproductive for months on end, unable to do even the simplest tasks. You can prevent it, or treat it, though, with the help of massage by a therapist in Tampa.
Frozen shoulder is medically known as adhesive capsulitis. The name is quite descriptive since the condition involves the inflammation of the shoulder capsule or the connective tissue around the shoulder joint. This inflammation causes adhesions or abnormal bands of tissue that have fused, resulting in drastically reduced movement and chronic pain.
Stage one of the condition is called the “freezing stage”. This is when pain slowly sets in, and may progress from six weeks to nine months. At the end of this period, the pain has worsened and motion has been lost. Stage two is called the “frozen stage” or the adhesive stage. By this time, the pain has slowly improved but the shoulder remains stiff for four to nine months. Stage three is called the “thawing stage” or recovery with a slow return to normal shoulder motion. This can take five months or even up to three years or more in some cases.
The condition is disabling and within its course, pain accompanies every movement. It is an ever present dull ache that can suddenly spasm and intensify with certain actions or postures. The pain also intensifies at night and in colder weather. Sleep is compromised, resulting in chronic fatigue, lowered resistance and immunity and other complications, among them satellite pain in surrounding tissue, the neck and back, and depression.
The exact cause of frozen shoulder is unknown and it sometimes occurs spontaneously without any triggering factor. This is called idiopathic frozen shoulder. There are also a number of factors that have been linked to it. One is injury or trauma that causes the shoulder to be unused for a certain period of time. Sometimes, surgery can cause such immobility, too. Frozen shoulder then arises as a consequence.
Another possible cause is an autoimmune disorder which attacks shoulder tissue and causes the adhesions. Furthermore, higher risk of getting frozen shoulder has been observed among people with connective tissue disorders, rheumatic disease, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, lung disease, heart disease and those who have had a stroke.
Prevention can be done when in high risk situations. Never allow the shoulder to remain immobile for long periods. Before pain sets in, or just when pain has begun to set in, full range of movement should be encouraged in all directions. Massage and physical therapy will be very beneficial at this stage.
Once frozen shoulder has really set in, though, treatment can be quite painful. Medication with analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, steroids and even anesthetics may help with the pain and the inflammation. They will also allow manipulation and stretching to break up adhesions and scar tissue through massage therapy and physical therapy. Other methods of pain relief may include transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to block nerve impulses and acupuncture, while other therapies may include the Bowen technique and chiropractic therapy. In extreme cases, surgery may have to be done, with the surgeon cutting through the adhesions and correcting other related problems that may have arisen in the shoulder.
Deep tissue massage and sports massage are two massage therapies that can alleviate and prevent frozen shoulder pain. For treatment, make sure that you approach a professionally trained and qualified massage therapist and that your massage regimen is done in consultation with your doctor in Lutz, Wesley Chapel, Carrollwood and Tampa. Remember, though, that prevention is always best. Don’t allow frozen shoulder to set in before you take action.
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Contact Name: Kimberly Kitchen
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Tampa, FL 33548
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