Frozen Shoulder (Shoulder Stiffness)

Is your shoulder becoming increasingly stiff and painful? While a Frozen Shoulder is a lengthy healing process, it can be significantly easier with the right therapy.

Frozen Shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) is a painful inflammation and shrinkage of the joint capsule. It typically progresses in three phases: increasing pain, stiffness, and finally slow resolution. It is uncomfortable and protracted, but usually heals.

Increasingly restricted mobility in all directions, especially when rotating and lifting. In the first phase, severe, often nocturnal pain is prominent, followed by stiffness.

The cause is often not clear; triggers can include immobilization, injury, or metabolic diseases like diabetes. Women of middle age are more frequently affected.

We adapt the treatment to the respective phase: In the painful phase, we alleviate symptoms with gentle Manual Therapy and education (neuro-based pain therapy); in the stiffness phase, we work specifically on mobility and rebuild function with evidence-based training.

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