Do you have a frozen shoulder? Are you looking for frozen shoulder treatment in Gurgaon? Frozen shoulder physiotherapy in Gurgaon is available at Physioharbor.
“Physioharbor” is a team of expertise physiotherapists in Gurgaon. They offer the best frozen shoulder treatment in Gurgaon.
What happens in frozen shoulder?
Frozen shoulder is also known by the term “adhesive capsulitis” &/or periarthritic shoulder.
The patient experiences restriction in shoulder-related movements. The causes of frozen shoulder can be primary or secondary.
The primary frozen shoulder occurs in association with certain diseases
● Diabetes
● Thyroid
● Parkinson’s disease etc.
The secondary frozen shoulder causes are
● Injury around the shoulder area
● Period after immobilization
● Ligament, or tendon-related injury etc.
Symptoms of frozen shoulder are
● Stiffness around the shoulder area
● Acute pain while moving or lifting the hand
● Limitation of movement around the shoulder area
● Difficulty in combing hair or grab your wallet from your back pocket
Exercises for frozen shoulder can help the patient get relief from frozen shoulder stiffness and pain.
The patient can do the exercises under supervision or at home on the advice of the physiotherapist.
The patient can repeat the exercises on the advice of the physiotherapist.
Let’s have a look at some of the exercises for frozen shoulder
1. Walking the fingers
● Stand in front of the wall.
● From the waist level, try walking your fingers on the wall.
● Do it slowly along the length of the wall.
● Make sure that you gently move your fingers.
● Move only the fingers and not the shoulder muscles.
● Try to move your fingers along the wall as far as possible.
● Lower the arm with ease and support if necessary and repeat as advised.
2. Cross-body reach
● The patient can sit or stand.
● Support the affected arm’s elbow with the palm of the good arm.
● In this position, try to stretch the affected shoulder by exerting a small pressure.
● The stretch should be across the length of the affected arm.
● Repeat the exercise as per advice.
3. Pendulum stretch
● Relax the shoulder area.
● In a standing position, gently lean.
● While leaning, take the support of a table and place the good arm on it.
● In this position, allow the affected arm to hang down.
● Make gentle and small circular movements with the affected arm.
● Swing it and increase the diameter of circular motions as the physiotherapist recommends.
● Repeat the exercise as per advice.
4. Strength exercise by doing outward rotation
● This exercise can be done with the help of an elastic exercise band.
● Hold the exercise bands between both your hands.
● The elbow part of both hands should be perpendicular to the lower part of the hands.
● Rotate the lower part of the affected hand outwards while holding the exercise band.
● Make sure that while rotating the hand, pull the band more than two inches outward.
● Repeat the exercise as per advice.
5. Strength exercise by doing inward rotation
● Again, you need an elastic exercise band.
● Stand next to a door and tie the exercise band on the door.
● Pull the band by the affected arm toward yourself keeping the elbow perpendicular to the lower part of the affected hand.
For managing frozen shoulder, physiotherapists recommend
● Applying hot-cold ice pack
● Ultrasonic therapy
● TENS unit
● IFT
● LASER