Second physio visit and dry needle acupuncture for my frozen shoulder

September 15, 2009

Okay, I’m a bit late with this update. I had my second appointment with the physio last Thursday. I still had some bruising in the pectoral area from Monday’s visit and so the physio decided to work some of the rhomboid muscles, to use some dry needle acupuncture in the rear of my shoulder and [...]

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First Cortisone shot and first physio session

September 8, 2009

In my last post I outlined that I had some issues with my diagnosis of frozen shoulder. Yesterday was Monday, and that meant it was the day for my first cortisone shot and my first physio treatment with the new physio.
While visiting my doctor he took the time to cover some of the questions I [...]

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Update for the end of August

September 6, 2009

I thought it would be a good idea to post a little bit about what my arm has felt like it in the last few week or so, though to be honest I don’t really have very much pain except wondering my stretching and I reached the limit of mobility of my shoulder. I cannot [...]

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MRI results and the next steps

September 6, 2009

I haven’t updated this website in a while, but happily I had my MRI review last Monday. When I arrived at the appointment I was surprised by what my doctor told me. The results of the MRI came back without any indications of injury or signs of frozen shoulder.
He took the CD of my MRI [...]

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Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder a.k.a. Frozen Shoulder: what is it?

August 30, 2009

There are plenty of definitions of Frozen Shoulder on the interwebs, but this is Mike’s Frozen Shoulder so more importantly, what does it mean to me?

My left elbow cannot move forwards and upward beyond the height of my shoulder. This makes it very hard to put on deodorant.
I can get around the flexibility issues from [...]

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The MRI

August 25, 2009

Today I had the pleasure of my first MRI. I must say, the thumping air sounds were cool in a house-music discoteca sort of way, but who invited the guy with the air hammer?
There’s really not much more to say; they gave me a digital copy of my results so I’ll add some screen shots [...]

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Where it all began. Well, the blog, anyways…

August 24, 2009

So here I am on the 24th of August, 2009. I’ve just returned from a good 1 hour visit with a local sports med doctor. At the end of it all he tells me that I have Frozen Shoulder, aka adhesive capsulitis. For good measure he tells me that he has never seen a patient [...]

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