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Chinese Stretching Method
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The method is as follows:
Lie on your back with your head @ arms hanging over the edge of the bed for at least 10 minutes.
The longer you stay in this position, the better. Initially, you will feel pain but the more you do it, this pain will eventually disappear, as mine did after 3 days. I have not had an issue since, but it is still a good idea now @ again to through this stretching routine to maintain this condition.
Cheers, Teh
Glad to hear that castor oil worked for your Rotator Cuff Injury. Castor oil has very high antioxidant level (ORP level) of about - 200 milliVolt (mV). Antioxidants are needed to repair damaged cells in our body. Antioxidants in castor oil can penetrate our skin and reach nearby damaged cells in the body.
A similar treatment can be tried for eye vision problem due to damaged cells in the eye. One can apply castor oil lightly near eyes at night. One can expect gradual improvement in vision.
Best wishes.
P. Raghavan.
Alfalfa, DMSO
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My problem started while on business in India this past May. As a field service engineer I'm required to haul around a tool case weighing over 50lbs. I believe what caused the original problem was the lifting and tossing sideways that heavy case. I don't remember there being any specific blast of pain, more like a twinge. The next day the pain was there and stiffness not allowing me to raise my arm nor extend it very far. No longer a young man but still in pretty good shape I felt (as usual) it would simple heal itself with time. All the while picking up bits and pieces of the horror stories of torn rotator cuff diagnoses, surgeries and long and painful recoveries. I simply couldn't believe I had torn a muscle.
Well, as time passed from days into months (3) I finally realized it was time to get serious and sought professional medical advice. Since I don't have a regular Dr. I simply found a local one who is part of my health ins. group. She of course wanted to do X-Rays and I immediately questioned that with "what will that show" when I knew the answer was "my bones". Since I knew there was no bone injury I balked and asked what else can I do. She mentioned physical therapy so I chose that in order to get it prescribed for insurance purposes. Before I left the Dr.'s office she was trying to find more ways to raid my health coverages by requesting a cholesterol test. I replied I didn't need one since I don't consume red meat nor consume dairy. She said she wanted to do one anyway, I said thank you and goodbye.
Not knowing exactly where to look I found tidbits here and there on what I could do to avoid the knife at all costs.
I began taking alfalfa supplements which are purported to help repair muscle as well as turmeric, MSM, and DMSO, and started physical therapy. I did a total of eight 45 minute "PT" treatments two times a week which consisted stretching and muscle exercises mostly using resistance bands and about 10 minutes each of direct therapist stretching. Progress was slow and extremely painful and then my insurance co. began to question effectiveness. I didn't realize why until the bill showed that each 45min treatment cost $316 of which I paid $30. It was then I decided to simply purchase my own resistance bands and take my healing into my own hands.
It is now five mos. after the original injury and although I still have considerable pain it is lessening and I have almost complete motion in my shoulder.
This is simply my own journey of recovery but want to aim anyone suffering this malady to what I found on youtube after I was far on my way to wellness. There are very interesting videos of trigger point therapy as well as a Canadian Dr. who uses a chiropractic method who supposedly is returning full motion after one treatment. Also look for stretching exercises to return your motion.
I, as well as others believe there is a ton of misdiagnosis and unnecessary surgery associated with this injury. Do yourself a big favor, research and treat thyself unless you've been in an accident that caused physical trauma to the shoulder.
Best of luck and thank you Earth Clinic.
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Turmeric
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Lysine, Iodine
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1) l-lysine. 500 mg twice a day (1000mg total per day)
plus
2) 2000 micrograms iodine once a day
Take the above for three weeks beyond when you feel better. You will probably feel better in about a week plus take the above for three more weeks= four weeks total. Limit your coffee intake severely at this time.
This is the same recipe to take for anyone with a frozen shoulder that has occurred spontaneously/without injury. Based on my experience, I believe a frozen shoulder this way is caused by a virus.
Castor Oil
Chin Up Bar
Pau d'Arco
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But what got the healing started was when I drank pau de arco herb. My pain stopped almost instantly.
I drank this tea 5 times a day thereafter and the second time I also took d ribose to increase the heart output and also vitamin e and ubiquinol (the better form of coq10) also started taking baking soda 1 teaspoon morning and bedtime.
Cleared up fast then. Since found this site and using many of Teds remedies and feeling great.
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1 application and after a rash, itch and a little discomfort the pain went from 9 out of 10 to like a 2.....i love herbs and old remedies and would definitely recommend this
MSM
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Orthobionomist
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Laser Light Therapy
About three years later, I got a frozen shoulder on my opposite arm. This was not due to an injury such as a fall. This was caused during a virus attack with flu like symptoms (fever, runny nose, tired/malaise. nausea, a slight sore throat, etc.) My family of 4 and a foster child in my house came down with this flu like illness. They all recovered within a week-except for me. In the fifth day of this illness I felt severe pain in front of my ear, down my neck and into my right shoulder. My thyroid gland levels (TSH, T3 and T4 all went low).
The severe pain in shoulder and abnormal thyroid levels and tiredness lasted months. Blood testing revealed a CMV virus and low iodine. What helped was putting 5% Lugels iodine (4-6 drops) directly on the painful areas. I also went to Dr. Tent (Novi, Michigan). He had me take 2-500 mg tablets of lysine per day and follow a low argenine diet. I also took a 12.5 mg iodine tablet per day with a 200 mg selenium tablet per day for about 6 months. The shoulder eventually recovered however if I ever feel the slightest pain in the shoulder, I start taking lysine for about a week. I still pop a iodine pill about once a week. I was told by Dr. Tent that I am prone to viruses.
MSM
Castor Oil
Epsom Salt, Ice
Chinese Stretching Method
Dietary Changes
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Chin Up Bar
I tried this dead hang starting around end of April 2025. At first it was so painful it felt like sharp knives in the deltoid near the “V” of the Delt which connects to the side of the bicep to give you an idea. There are four muscles of the rotator cuff, the infraspinatus, supraspinatus, teres major and teres minor. The 2008 injury felt more like the infraspinatus. I'm not quite sure which this is, but it's never been this painful all over the deltoid area.
I couldn't even put the whole dead weight on it, I just slowly lowered myself with feet still on the ground. I can't even shoot a basketball without it sending a sharp pain through my shoulder area. The extension of the arm and flicking of the wrist when I tried was a pain like none other. A zinger for sure.
I wasn't sure I could keep going because the pain in the right shoulder was too intense but glad I've stuck it out. The pain is at least 90% gone when I do them now and I can do full dead weight hangs from a pull-up bar / chin-up bar. I didn't do the hanging every day either. Just about once every three days. I also use an electronic ball massager at night with some castor oil lathered on my shoulders.
I'm still not completely healed but I'll update when it's completely healed.
Laser Light Therapy
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Acupuncture
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Remove Amalgam Fillings
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This is a short post as It's late. My wife had 2 frozen shoulders and mercury is a great mimicker and sets up shop where you are genetically weak (read Huggin's book 'its all in your head").
Mercury in teeth short-circuits voltage and makes healing almost impossible on associated meridians. reference: healing is voltage jerry tennant.
My wife is HEALED.
Magnesium Oil
I generally suggest to people who have not tried mag oil (MO) previously to by an 8 ounce bottle of already made MO first to see if they find it beneficial or not before buying a larger bag of dry flakes to make it yourself less expensively. Here is a typical 8 ounce bottle :
If you find the spray helpful, save the bottle to refill when you make your own MO from magnesium chloride flakes. Here is a link to a typical bag of magnesium chloride flakes:
A bag this size will refill that 8 ounce bottle at least 20 times to give you an idea of how cost effective it is to make your own MO from flakes.
When I make my MO, I used a 16 ounce mason jar or similar. I place a piece of scotch tape as a marker for 4 ounces and then I use a marking pen to mark exactly where 4 ounces is and do the same for the 8 ounce mark on the jar. I then add distilled water to the 4 ounce mark. Now add the mag flakes until the 8 ounce mark is reached. Place the lid back on the mason jar and shake vigorously. Let sit for 15 minutes and shake vigorously again. Now refill your spray bottle. Once I refill the spray bottle, I make another batch just like the first one but just leave it in the mason jar until needed.
Many commercial products are as strong as 70%, but with experience I have found that 50% is faster drying while being just as effective as 70%. Another thing that I found useful is that if you feel the effects of the MO wearing off, you can just wet the area with plain water where you previously applied the original MO, rub it in and you should note a return of pain relief without applying MO again. This only works once, but is easy and is MO sparing. This ionic form is well absorbed through the skin.
Please give us feedback on your MO using experience and I highly recommend you read some of those 4837 reviews in order to get an idea of what people use MO for beside muscle and joint pain, muscle cramps, fibromyalgia or bath soaks.
Art
Chinese Stretching Method
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I damaged some tendons in one arm doing heavy overhead lopping. I thought rest would be the best cure but the problem developed into frozen shoulder. I realised after 3 months rest was achieving worse than nothing so finally saw the doctor who recommended 400 mg ibuprofen 3 times daily on a full stomach for 2 weeks to reduce the inflammation. Not something I would normally consider.
After a week the pain and presumably the inflammation did reduce and I tried to hang my arm down over the edge of a bed/sofa, as suggested by Teh's post below.
Very painful at first and I could only manage to dip the elbow down, not the whole arm. But persevere. Day 3 and I can now almost hang the arm down, but some support, resting hand on floor, is still required. Nevertheless this is real progress. Inch by inch I'm getting further. The arm can now get above the horizontal in forward motion but sideways and backward motion is still very limited.
It is absolutely not possible yet to hang the head and arm over the head as also suggested here, but it's a good start.
If you want to take alfalfa or another herbal anti inflammatory in addition to ibuprofen, please research possible interactions, especially if you have any bleeding issues.
Vitamins D & K
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Chinese Stretching Method
Chinese Stretching Method
Pau d'Arco
Epsom Salt, Ice
Cal/Mag
Boron (plus Ted's Borax remedy here on E.C.)
Manganese
Strontium
plus Vit-D & K
SalonPas are worth a try.
Chin Up Bar
Chinese Stretching Method
Lay with your head at the foot of the bed (feet pointing toward pillows). Your head should be on the edge and arms above your head, hanging over the edge of the bed.
A couple of points to keep in mind, there will be some pain in the area of the shoulder with this issue, but it is a matter of persevering with it.
Another point is when you retract your arms to your sides, you will probably need to assist the affected arm with the opposite arm or have someone to assist you. It certainly does bite!!
Bottom line is: NO PAIN NO GAIN.
Cheers, Teh.
Chinese Stretching Method
Alfalfa, DMSO
Just wanted to show what looks like a very promising non surgical proceedure. Wish I had found it earlier. You'll need to do some research but I found much on YouTube.
The Oolo-Austin Trigenics Frozen shoulder treatment procedure is an unprecedentedly non-surgical operation which is rapidly becoming accepted as being the world's best and most successful treatment for the condition called "Adhesive Capsulitis" which is otherwise known as "Frozen Shoulder". No surgical dissection instruments are used and no actual cutting or incisions of tissue is performed requiring sutures. Patients undergoing the operation are not put under general anesthetic although local injections of anesthetic are sometimes administered.
The OAT procedure was invented and developed by Dr. Allan Gary Oolo-Austin in 2002. Dr. Oolo Austin, who has been in practice for over 30 years, is an Osteopathic Physician and Doctor of Chiropractic with a doctorate in Manual Medicine. He also holds specialty designations in physical rehabilitation and sports medicine.
Cold Showers
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After 4 days of frantic searching, I found the cold shower remedy. I started taking them 3-4 times a day when I realized it was helping with the pain. It's been 15 days, I'm down to 2 cold showers a day.
My mobility is getting close to normal. I missed my second shower yesterday, and the nighttime pain was back so at 4 in the morning I'm cold showering again. I will not miss again for a while. I told a nephew who is overweight about it, he has severe hip pain, and he said it's really helping him as well. Just water... Go figure!
