IF YOU HAVE A GOOD QUESTION
FOR HEATHER EMAIL IT.
AS WE AGE IT CAN SEEM LIKE
ACHES AND PAINS ARE PART OF THE
DAILY ROUTINE.
A FEW MONTHS AGO I WOKE UP
WITH EXCRUCIATING PAIN IN MY
SHOULDER, NECK AND BACK.
I COULDN'T MOVE MY RIGHT ARM.
NOTHING BROUGHT RELIEF. IT
TURNS OUT I HAD A CONDITION
THAT ISRAEL.
AND IT EFFECTS THAT -- A
CONDITION THAT IS REAL.
I ASKED MY FRIEND TO DIG INTO
THE MYSTERY BEHIND FROZEN
SHOULDER.
I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS.
AT THE STATE FAIR SHE JOKED
ABOUT IT.
BUT IT REALLY WASN'T FUZZY --
FUNNY.
THE FEELING IN HER SHOULDER WAS
UNLIKE ANYTHING SHE'D FELT
BEFORE.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN THE AMOUNT
OF PAIN.
EVEN TO PUT IT UP LIKE THIS.
IT GOT SO BAD I THOUGHT IT WAS
MY BACK AND THERE WAS SOMETHING
GOING ON.
A PINCHED NERVE.
ADHESIVE CAPSIZED.
IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN AS FROZEN
SHOULDER.
IT FEELS LIKE THE ARM IS STUCK.
IT'S NOT FROZEN COLD BUT LIKE
WHEN SOMETHING GETS STUCK.
Reporter: THIS ORTHOPEDIC
SURGEON AND SHOULDER SPECIALIST
AT TWIN CITIES ORTHOPEDICS.
HE DIAGNOSED HER CONDITION AND
RECOMMENDED THE MOST COMMON AND
EFFECTIVE TREATMENT.
PHYSICAL THERAPY.
IT HURTS SO GOOD.
THE PLACE -- THE SPACE THAT
ENCLOSES THE JOINT STRENGTH
DOWN.
IT BECOMES INFLAMED AND THEN
TIGHTENS.
AND BLOCKS MOTION IN EVERY
DIRECTION.
AND CAUSES PAIN.
SOME PEOPLE GET TEARS IN THEIR
EYES ARE DROPPED TO THEIR
KNEES.
WAS COMMONLY YOU'LL SEE IT IN
MIDDLE-AGED PEOPLE.
COMMONLY WOMEN THAN MEN.
40 HICKEY -- 40-60 AGE GROUP.
HE IS NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSES
IT BUT KNOWS WHAT HELPS.
PHYSICAL THERAPY SESSIONS AND
STRETCHING.
OVERTIME THE BODY CORRECTS
ITSELF.
BY DOING GRADUAL AND
REPETITIVE EXERCISES YOU CAN
REGAIN MOTION.
AND DECREASE SYMPTOMS.
IT TYPICALLY ASKED 18-24
MONTHS.
I COULD FEEL IT EVERY ONCE
IN A WHILE HERE.
BUT HOPEFULLY OVER TIME IT WILL
GO AWAY.
THE DOCTOR SAYS HE SEES 2 OR
3 NEW FROZEN SHOULDER PATIENTS
PER WEEK.
CORTISONE SHOTS AND ANTI-
INFLAMMATORY MEDICATIONS ARE
ALSO OPTIONS.
HE SAID SURGERY IS RARELY
NECESSARY.
HE ALSO TOLD ANGELA PEOPLE
WHO HAVE DIABETES ALSO HAVE A
HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING
FROZEN SHOULDER.
I WANTED TO DO THIS STORY
BECAUSE I THINK THERE MIGHT BE
PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WHO HAVE
FROZEN SHOULDER AND DON'T
REALIZE IT.
THEY THINK I PULLED A MUSCLE.
I'VE NEVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE
IT.
YOU ARE HURTING.
-- YOU ARE HURTING.
I'M SORRY.
I THOUGHT YOU ARE MAKING
EXCUSES.
