A Dubai Chiropractor's Guide to Frozen Shoulder: Symptoms, Stages, and What Actually Helps
If your shoulder has been gradually getting more painful and harder to move over the past few months, frozen shoulder may be what is happening — and there are some important things you should know before deciding how to manage it. Frozen shoulder, known medically as adhesive capsulitis, is one of the most functionally limiting shoulder conditions I see in clinical practice in Dubai. Patients arrive unable to reach overhead, unable to put on a shirt without significant pain, and unable to sleep on the affected side. Many have already been told that nothing can be done except wait for it to resolve on its own. This is not the full picture. Here is what frozen shoulder actually is, how to recognise which stage you are in, and what evidence-based treatment actually involves. What Frozen Shoulder Feels Like Most patients describe a gradual onset of shoulder pain that begins without an obvious injury. The pain is often worst at night and disturbs sleep. Over weeks and months, th...