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What is a frozen shoulder and is it painful?
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IMMOVABLE SHOULDER M: All muscles around the shoulderr can be very tight and painful - often results from immobilized arm (after stroke or injury). Long treatment time. Rarel;y a result of direct injury.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Adhesive capsulitis: Frozen shoulder, medically referred to as adhesive capsulitis, is a disorder in which the shoulder capsule, the connective tissue surrounding the glenohumeral joint of the shoulder, becomes inflamed and stiff, greatly restricting motion and causing chronic pain.
Answered 1/23/2013
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Adhesive capsulitis: Yes it is very painful! http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0001490/.
Answered 5/8/2019
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Upper arm pain over deltoid. Can raise arm in front. Painful to raise at side. Worse in AM. Hx of previous frozen shoulder in other arm. Help pls
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