What are the treatments for frozen shoulder?
Treatment for frozen shoulder will include the processes to decrease inflammation of the shoulder capsule such as electrical therapy, ultrasound, and icing. Methods such as stretching and massage therapy will be employed to relax the tight muscles of the shoulder. Exercises to increase strength and improve upon the physical limitations are very important and will be also be part of your treatment plan. A more complicated issue to address and correct is that the joint capsule scar tissue (adhesion) is quite difficult to treat and break up. Therefore, aggressive treatment is needed to break up this scar tissue. Manual muscle therapy, massage therapy, and provider assisted stretching may be used to break up this scar tissue, but often The Graston Technique is used either alone or in combination with the aforementioned treatments, to accomplish this. The Graston Technique is literally a tool which breaks up this scar tissue and will very quickly restore shoulder motion. Utilizing The Grast
