The Frozen Shoulder Mystery and What to Do About It

The strangest thing about frozen shoulder is that no one knows what brings it on. A woman–70 percent of the afflicted are middle-aged women– wakes up one morning and whammo, she cannot move her shoulder. It’s frozen, hence the name: frozen shoulder. What to do? The Boston Globe offers this advice: don’t wait; get to a doctor pronto and tell him or her that you are suffering from adhesive capsulitis. The Globe claims that if treated soon enough, frozen shoulder can be melted with a simple shot of cortisone, while those who wait too long, hoping the condition will heal itself, can spend a year in therapy. Your choice. Read more about adhesive capsulitis in the Boston Globe.