A person came in who have restricted shoulder movement and it just came on. He is diagnosed as having frozen shoulder. Our aim for this patient is to maintain the muscles strength and length of the surrounding muscles and maintain the range of motion trying not to let it get any worse.
For treatment we use passive physiological movements in External Rotation, Abduction and Flexion to try and lengthen out the capsule. My supervisor performed acupuncture to trigger points in upper traps and deltoid and I performed some massage over the shoulder region as well as putting a heat pack on it after treatment. There isn’t much we can do but we just want to make it as comfortable as possible and just monitor the progress of the frozen shoulder.
I think I handle this situation well due to just recently learning about the shoulder but it makes it difficult because we can’t do much for this condition and trying to explain that to the patient is difficult.
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