Frozen shoulder

You have my sympathy - the pain is excruciating. I had this a few weeks ago and had some acupuncture and treatment with an osteopath. He also recommended using an ice pack for 15 minutes every hour which brought some relief.

Hope this helps.

To start with frozen shoulder has a shelf life of roughly two years and then it goes on its own ...no help if you're in unbearable pain I paid £30 and saw a osteopath who manipulated it I had a few weekly sessions about four I think I did the same thing when my back went into spasm and it was worth every penny I thought £30 wasn't even a meal and a couple of drinks
I would look to a local physio or osteopath more than a private hospital Wobblybits

It is excrutiating I know - but I really have had enormous relief from the injection - and speedily.

Hope you get it all resolved soon - pain is very very lowering to the spirits.

Wobbly it may be a good idea to try the walk in clinic today if yours is open on a Sunday. At the very least your pain relief would be reviewed. Good luck.

Thanks Lucky Girl.

It is the 24/7 pain that has kicked in my depression. I am going to ring my clinic on Monday morning to see what they can suggest. Even if it costs a few hundred pounds, it will be worth it to get relief.

I don't blame my doctors, they are having staff problems atm, plenty of doctors, but only one that can carry out minor surgery.

Mrs P suggested the walk-in clinic, will try that if clinic cannot help. I will also phone private hospital to see what the position regarding self referral is.

When I read the NHS pages it talks about the problem taking many months or years to resolve.

I was very down last night as i could not find any position that was pain free.

Hi Wobbly - sorry you are in a down patch. Is it just the pain or is the depression looming once more? I gathered from your post on the "jeans" thread that things are not great just now. (By the way, your post there made me chuckle!)

I too have a frozen shoulder, and a steroid injection usually does the trick. If the guy from your surgery who does it is away, then you need to get this done some other way. Try ringing the local private hospital and explaining your dilemma. If you cannot get seen without a GP referral, then go to a drop in and get the GP there to make the referral.

It does however sound as though you need to get your anti-depressants reviewed. I know the pain is a buggeration (I get it too) but it should not pull you down to this degree. In order to get the depression reviewed it does not matter which GP you see in the practice.

Take care. Have to dash - SIL just arriving to stack our logs for us. Let me know how it all goes.

PS Hot water bottle is good!