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 diagnosed with FS who didn’t have a direct incident to provoke it (or at least that is what I understood). So how did I get here?
The history
For as long as I can remember I have been leery of my left shoulder. I can remember doing pull downs at the local gym back in Vancouver – maybe 15 years ago now – and having to either start pull downs from the down position or start pull ups from the up position (in both cases more or less maximum concentric).
More recently we had our first child (he is heavy!) and I have been working out progressively harder over the last 12 months. In any case, I have been working the arm hard and had two incidents that are suspicious, one on a pull down where it felt as if the shoulder moved out and back in again, and another where the long head of the bicep seemed to pop from its groove (this was later sorted by a massage therapist I know).
So the gist is, its Monday night, the 24th of August, 2009 and I’ve just made an appointment for an MRI. This being Spain I had two choices: government plan or pay-my-way. This being my health, I have paid my way and have an appointment for tomorrow at 4pm. Should be fun.
And so starts my adventure with adhesive capsulitis.
Aside
Thanks to all of my friends on Facebook who have dealt with this issue either as care givers or injured patients. It helps to know people who have been there, and thanks for letting me know that I’m in for a lot of physio related pain and suffering!
