Update for the end of August

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 say that things have gotten worse to be honest with stretching and some exercise my range of motion is the same if not a little bit better.

What I find disconcerting about my diagnosis of having a frozen shoulder is that unlike a lot of people, I do not have severe night pain, nor do I have muscle spasms, problems in my neck or in my arm. In fact I can even sleep on my left side – so long as I’m positioned in a certain way – as there is just one spot that feels awkward when I’m sleeping.

Yesterday was Saturday and when my wife and son went down for a little nap I decided to go to the gym. I did most of the usual rehab exercises that we frozen shoulder people have to do and also was able to do some of the exercises I would normally do when working out at the gym which included push-ups on a bosu trainer, bicep curls, side deltoid raises and some single arm cable pulls for my back.

Today more than anything my biceps are sore. One thing I’ve realized is that although I do not have all of the same symptoms as other sufferers of frozen shoulder my left bicep does have a problem near its insertion in my elbow. I am left wondering if maybe my frozen shoulder is the result of a smaller issue in my shoulder and an injury in my bicep tendon near my elbow.

I’ve informed my doctor by e-mail about all of this and tomorrow when I go into my cortisone shot hopefully will be able to discuss these issues. That’s it for now!