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Hello Dr, I Have Been Diagnosed With Frozen Shoulder And

Posted on Thu, 18 Oct 2018

Question: hello dr, I have been diagnosed with frozen shoulder and have been prescribed B12 and D3 injections as well as physiotherapy . have persued the same for over two months and currently still the pain persist whenever I go beyond a certain point on my right shoulder,, would like to seek advice on any course correction as there is extreme pain when on the right shoulder when I accidentally turn on that side during my sleep. this has me a bit sleep deprived for over a month now

Answered by Dr. Dr. Gopal (38 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
May require MRI ,Local Injection or rarely surgery.

Detailed Answer:
Hi I am Dr Gopal Goel Orthopedic Surgeon.
Frozen shoulder is a difficult problem to treat and takes long time to recovery.
The exact cause of the problem may not be clear for quite sometime. MRI helps in the diagnosis .
The treatment ,apart from what you are taking would be local steroid / PRP injection apart from physiotherapy.
In my practice ,after 2 months if there is no improvement ,I will get MRI and decide the treatment accordingly. If no bony problem or severe soft tissue damage then I would give local injection and physiotherapy , else surgery would be required.
I suggest you get MRI and let us know the report.
Thanks

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