One day your shoulder tenses up and it’s hard to move it side-to-side or up-and-down. Soon you cannot reach your back and moving your arm seems impossible. Even worse, you wake up in the middle of the night in agonizing pain in your shoulder. All of these symptoms show that you may be a victim of the frozen shoulder. Twenty to 30 years ago these symptoms used to be prevalent only in the older age group of the 50s. But now we see them in teenagers or young adults due to long hours sitting down at the desk studying or long hours on the computer. Tradition Asian Medicine uses herbal tea and acupuncture to help cope and cure the frozen shoulder. Acupuncture is very helpful even on the first day of treatment when the frozen shoulder has been discovered in its earlier stages, freeing patients from painful nights and immobile arms. Even patients who have had frozen shoulders for two to three years are satisfied with just 50 to 100 treatments. According to Asian Medicine, frozen shoulders come from blood stagnation in the area of the pain and most of the times acupuncture is used to ease the blood flow. Sometimes trigger points are accumulated in acupuncture to help ease the pain. Herbal tea plays a large role in relieving cramped muscles and also helps to relieve the pain from frozen shoulder.
For more information please contact Dr. Kim at 753-7911.