{"id":2983,"date":"2019-06-17T13:47:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T12:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:57:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T10:57:39","slug":"frisk-frozen-shoulder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/frisk-frozen-shoulder\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a frozen shoulder and what can physiotherapy do?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A frozen shoulder is a common shoulder injury. You recognise it<\/strong>
\nBecause you have pain in the shoulder that keeps getting worse. This is due to a<\/strong>
\ninflammation in the joint (capsule). The longer you keep walking with it, the less<\/strong>
\nwell you can still move your shoulder. The shoulder touches as it were<\/strong>
\n'frozen', which is where the name frozen shoulder comes from. It is said of this<\/strong>
\ncondition spoken if you have at least at three different movement directions<\/strong>
\nhave trouble making the movement and the pain gets worse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How do you recognise a frozen shoulder?<\/h2>\n

\u25cf The pain in the shoulder slowly gets worse and can be considered very severe
\nexperienced. The pain can radiate into the upper arm and even the forearm. On-
\nand undressing, grabbing something off a high shelf, cycling and even driving a car can
\nbe painful and can cause severe pain shooting.
\n\u25cf It starts with pain when moving, but at some point you also experience
\npain at rest, i.e. when you don't move your shoulder, and even at night. The
\nupper back and neck can also start hurting and shoulder becomes increasingly stiff.<\/p>\n

How does a frozen shoulder occur?<\/h2>\n

There is not always a clear cause for the onset of a frozen
\nshoulder. It can be caused by a fall or surgery, but it does not have to be. At
\nchronic conditions such as diabetes, heart and lung diseases, Parkinson's or
\nthyroid disease is also more common. It also appears that prolonged stress
\ncan play an important role.<\/p>\n

What can our physiotherapists do for a frozen shoulder?<\/h2>\n

A frozen shoulder usually goes away on its own, but this can take a very long time.
\nOn average, you will continue to suffer for between 10 months to more than three years. To overcome this
\nTo make the process as successful as possible, expert guidance from a
\nphysiotherapist important. After all, our physiotherapists can explain exactly
\nwhat is going on with your shoulder and advise you how(much) you may use the shoulder
\nstrain. Even if you are in a lot of pain, it is important to stay within certain limits
\nkeep moving, only you have to be careful again for overexertion.<\/p>\n

Physiotherapy treatment consists of:<\/h2>\n

\u25cf Guidance in finding a balance between effort and
\nentertainment.
\n\u25cf Putting together an exercise programme to promote recovery.
\nYou can also use these exercises to work at home.
\n\u25cf Learning how to cope with disability while playing sports, at the
\nwork and in daily activities, such as when cycling, walking and during
\nhousework.
\n\u25cf Performing mobilisations and other techniques to reduce the pain of the
\nshoulder and upper back\/neck and reduce dexterity
\nincrease.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A frozen shoulder is a common shoulder injury. You recognise it because you have pain in the shoulder that gets worse and worse. This is due to inflammation in the joint (capsule). The longer you keep walking with it, the less you can move your shoulder. The shoulder becomes 'frozen', so to speak, which is where...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[164,166,163,165,167,168,169,170,173,171,172,174],"class_list":["post-2983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geen-categorie","tag-amstelveel-fysio","tag-amstelveen-fysiotherapie","tag-frisk-fysio","tag-frisk-fysiotherapie","tag-frozen-shoulder-amstelveen","tag-frozen-shoulder-frisk","tag-frozen-shoulder-fysio","tag-frozen-shoulder-fysiotherapie","tag-schouder-amstelveen","tag-schouder-frisk","tag-schouder-fysio","tag-schouder-fysiotherapie","category-1","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}