What is happening inside my frozen shoulder?
In a Frozen Shoulder Syndrome the lax capsular sack becomes sticky and can sometimes though not always form adhesions; hence the name of the condition. The stickiness is brought on through inflammation; research has pinpointed the source of this is in the rotator interval, in our experience this inflammation often starts in the groove behind the biceps tendon. (This can occur after a small injury, like reaching for the back seat of the car but often you may not remember anything). Once established this inflammation spreads into other shoulder soft-tissues and can cause swelling in other shoulder sacks (bursae). This is because the muscles, ligaments and bursae within the shoulder are very much interconnected.
