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Cold Showers
Posted by Teresa (Bentonville, Ar ) on 09/05/2010
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15 days ago I came down with all the symptoms of a frozen shoulder. This is an extremely painful condition in the shoulder that makes it feel sort of like its falling off. Every movement hurts, and no movement hurts. Sleep is all but impossible, because its so hard to find a place to rest your arm that does not hurt. This condition can last for 8 months to 3 years, and may not go away at all. My sister had frozen shoulder several years ago, so I'd seen the condition first hand with her.
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!
L-Lysine, Iodine
Posted by susan (buffalo) on 05/28/2024
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Try lysine (500 mg twice a day) along with iodine (2000 micrograms to 12.5 mg) once a day. The pain should clear up in about 5 days. Then take both lysine and iodine for three weeks more .I think personally frozen shoulder (unless caused by an injury) is caused by a virus. The lysine/iodine combo should put the virus into remission. In my case I still had the "frozen" part of the shoulder still when the pain went away. I had to gently work the "frozen" shoulder out which took about 2-3 months.
Argan Oil
Posted by jane (london) on 12/09/2023
Hi Irina, I've tried everything for my frozen shoulder and just bought culinary Argan oil. But from your post I'm not sure if I should be ingesting 1 teaspoon or 1 tablespoon a day? also wondering where the 'suggested' 1 tablespoon comes from - is there instructions somewhere I can read? thanks
Magnesium Oil
Posted by Rho (Washington) on 07/20/2022
Art,
What is your preparation and supply source for making mag oil?
Epsom Salt, Ice
Posted by Samantha (B'ham, Al) on 11/16/2017
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I have pain in my upper arm. If I raise my arm straight out to the side, I hear crunching in the shoulder joint and have pain-not so much in the joint but definitely in the upper arm. If I raise it to the front there is no pain. I have iced it and soaked in epsom salts bath now for several weeks. Is there anything else I can do? At what point do I go to the dr? I can recall no injury to it, but I do tend to outside chores and who really knows? dr google indicates rotator cuff :( but I don't want that to be it.
Chinese Stretching Method
Posted by Carla (Florida) on 01/06/2017
How do you get your shoulder like that? I can't even move mine.
Chinese Stretching Method
Posted by Christine Waguthi (Usa) on 01/27/2017
I have a frozen right shoulder and I really want to do the '10 min hung the shoulder over the bed ' do you mean that the shoulder should be below my body like trying to touch the floor or how?
Laser Light Therapy
Posted by Prioris (Fl, Usa) on 01/26/2014
Is this infrared light and what wave length?
Alfalfa, DMSO
Posted by Burrolady (Borderland) on 10/25/2013
Your experience with frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, was very similar to mine. About 10 years ago I had sudden onset of excruciating pain in my shoulder with even the slightest of movements. At the time I was working in an OR and had recently assisted at a few surgical procedures designed to relieve the condition. That absolutely cemented my decision to go the physical therapy route! Ironically, even with surgery the next step is PT. Like you, insurance covers only a short period of treatment and it took fully 6 months for me to regain complete range of motion in my shoulder, though my orthopod had predicted that would be impossible. I took the opportunity of therapy at the PT office to duplicate most of the exercise materials (mostly inexpensive stuff) at home and at work, and for all those months I don't believe I went a day without going through the routine a minimum of three times a day. Yes, it was a pain in the neck (or shoulder), but today I still have full use of my shoulder - pain free. PT often works, but really requires didication, time, and a bit of pain. Real healing almost always requires patient participation and can't be acheived by third person intervention alone. Doctors most often will tell you that frozen shoulder is idiopathic, without any obvious origin, but, I was also using a sideways motion while setting heavy trays of instruments on tables and think that at least contributed to the situation. So glad you are recovering, though still having pain. You may want to consider more frequent PT to keep the capsule that envelops your shoulder stretched. All the Best.
Alfalfa, DMSO
Posted by Steve (Nevada) on 10/25/2013
You may want to check out low level laser therapy or cold laser therapy. Many chiropractors offer it and I have seen quite a few friends with frozen shoulder get relief with this therapy.
Alfalfa, DMSO
Posted by Erica (Ontario ) on 11/21/2016
The Dr, in Toronto referred above charges between $7500 to $10000 US dollars for the procedures.
Alfalfa, DMSO
Posted by Iain (London..UK) on 12/06/2021
I have a frozen shoulder.
Looking for advice after reading the posts. What is the best Alfalfa, to buy in UK? And the best Turmeric to buy in UK?
