What is Frozen Shoulder Syndrome?
Adhesive Capsulitis is the medical term for Frozen Shoulder Syndrome (FSS). It affects the ability to use or even move the shoulder, and typically affects one side of the body at a time. Although FSS is a convenient term for the layman, the medical name is a much more accurate description of what happens. Adhesive, which in this case means sticky or stuck and capsulitis, which means inflammation of the joint capsule. In most cases, the problem is limited to the shoulder and no other joints are affected. Who experiences frozen shoulder syndrome? Frozen Shoulder is almost always found in people over the age of 40, although rare cases have been found in younger people. Women experience it more than men, and about 3-4% of the U.S. population will experience it to some degree in their lifetime. For reasons that are not yet clear, diabetics have more occurrences than non-diabetics. What causes a frozen shoulder syndrome? It is not known exactly what causes FSS. It can occur with or without a
