The Response of Modern Medicine
Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, is typically treated with physiotherapy, including myofascial release, massage, range of motion exercises and ultrasound to release the scar tissue that has formed. If these do not relieve the problem, the scar tissue is broken up by injecting the shoulder full of a solution made up of sterile water mixed with an anesthetic, allowing the numb shoulder to be gently manipulated. Although all these treatment are needed to "unfreeze" the shoulder, they do not strengthen the weakened rotator cuff or supraspinatus tendon, and, thus, usually do not completely alleviate the chronic pain that people with this condition experience.
Another standard practice of modern medicine is to inject steroids or to prescribe anti-inflammatory medications when people are suffering from chronic pain as with this condition. However, in the long run, these treatments do more damage than good. Cortisone shots and anti-inflammatory drugs have been shown to produce short-term pain benefit, but both result in long-term loss of function and even more chronic pain by actually inhibiting the healing process of soft tissues and accelerating cartilage degeneration. Plus, long-term use of these drugs can lead to other sources of chronic pain, allergies and leaky gut syndrome.
When all else fails, patients with frozen shoulder are usually referred to a surgeon. Unfortunately, surgery often makes the problem worse. Surgeons will use x-ray technology as a diagnostic tool, which does not always properly diagnose the pain source.
The Natural Medicine Approach to a Frozen Shoulder
Because the initial cause of frozen shoulder is rotator cuff weakness, a better approach to treating this condition is to strengthen the supraspinatus tendon (where the weakness originates) with Prolotherapy in conjunction with physiotherapy treatments. Prolotherapy is extremely effective at strengthening the rotator cuff tendons. It is the safest and most effective natural medicine treatment for repairing tendon, ligament and cartilage damage in the body. In simple terms, Prolotherapy stimulates the body to repair painful areas. It does so by inducing a mild inflammatory reaction in the weakened tendons, ligaments and cartilage. Since the body heals by inflammation, Prolotherapy stimulates healing.
Prolotherapy offers the most curative results in treating chronic pain. It effectively eliminates pain because it attacks the source: the fibro-osseous junction, an area rich in sensory nerves. What's more, the tissue strengthening and pain relief stimulated by Prolotherapy is permanent!
Click here to read Prolotherapy research by Dr. Ross Hauser and his team on Prolotherapy injections for shoulder pain and degeneration.
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Caring Medical is a full time Prolotherapy doctor’s office. We have successfully treated all of the conditions we write about. This is why patients travel from across the country and internationally to be treated by our Prolotherapy physician Dr. Ross Hauser. The difference is in the care, technique, and experience you get with Dr. Hauser and team at Caring Medical.
