Frozen shoulder anyone?

Diabetic myself but never had the "frozen shoulder". I do know that cortisone can "spike" your blood sugar levels but keep in  mind that the doctors know this as well. I have had shoulder problems from a torn rotator cuff that required surgury. I had several cortisone shots in the jiont prior to the surgury but they were only temporary. Each shot would last for a shorter perior of time before the pain came back. The surgury fixed my problem but I have no knowledge of the symptoms your wife is having. Hope you and yours the best - keep us posted.

Nela

attention for cortisone, a lot of sideffects.Being  MD, I should go to maximum 3 injections

from what I understand, cortisone is generally only a temporary help... effectiveness wears with each shot... eventually surgery happens.  I would check into the side effects for sure, and ask the doctors to explain and start looking into the long term solutions (surgery) now.  I don't know about "frozen shoulder" either, but I know "something" isn't right with my shoulder.  I've adjusted my activities so that I'm not in pain.  I imagine someday I'll end up with the cortisone shots and some surgery as well though.  Best wishes for your wife!

Not certain if I know what a ‘frozen’ shoulder actually is.  But I think it’s a trapped nerve in the neck?  Like sciatica, but in your neck?  If this is the case the main cause is posture.  Things like holding a phone against your ear with your shoulder, carrying heavy handbags can cause it.  Also the pillow can be a serious problem.  What worked well for me was just sleeping on one pillow.  I rolled a small hand towel so I had a sausage shape and placed this in the pillowcase.  When I laid on my side with the towel against my shoulder under my neck it ensured that my head was in a good posture.  Hope this helps…..

No idea what to do, but as someone who suffers from chronic shoulder pain, your wife has my sympathy and best wishes for a speedy recovery. 

- Zurf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_shoulder

If this is close to her pain and symptoms, I would address the inflammation.   My brother-in-law had shoulder pain and couldn't raise his arm very high.
XanGo took the inflammation away and he hasn't had any trouble since.  He was thinking surgery before he tried this.

XanGo is something I highly recommend and I use it.  It covers a multitude of ails and inflammation is top on the list.  You can get it at your local health food store or a friend/relative who are distributors (I'm one, but it's because I want the product at my cost).   I'm not advocating to buy it from me, just research it and try it.   A full 60-90 day trial will tell you if you are going to get any relief.   I've had people say they felt better in a few days, some had to try it longer, but 90 days is a good trial time.    It's expensive usually $30-40 a bottle, but for me, it keeps me healthy.

I sound like a commercial, but I can't begin to tell you how much I love this food source supplement drink, but I won't go without it.   
Google mangosteen fruit.   XanGo is a propriety label that uses the entire fruit and everything is natural that is used.  It's the only label I will use, not the mangosteen fruit wanna be's who usually pull short in their ingredients.   Research everything you can do, before resorting to surgery.

I sure hope you and your wife can find some relief.  Pain simply wears you out.  Good luck.

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Fastlane I do know that cortezone is a short time fix,you might want too get another doctors opinion. Good luck and hope your wife gets better.

I suffered a torn rotator cuff in my shoulder about 12 years ago. Doctor's advice was to put it in a sling and rest it for several weeks. I did that and the result was about a 60-70 percent loss of mobility in my right shoulder, and it hurt like hell.
I exercised the crap out of it, several hours a day of arm raises, with small weights, cried through the pain, but after a month or so of torture, my mobility returned and my shoulder is normal.
With rotator cuff injuries, I found out later, scar tissue forms when the shoulder is immobilized and will cause severe limits on mobility of the joint. Exercising the injury, while painful, reduces the scar tissue bulidup and mobility returns. I shoulda been a doctor!

yup... I was told to rest mine for a few days and then to do exercises (physical therapy).