Frozen Shoulder Treatment and Exercise Blog

The frozen shoulder question of the day is: Can I prevent my shoulders from getting frozen?

The good news is that the answer is YES! Watch the video below to see what you need to focus on doing to prevent frozen shoulder from happening. This is also really important if you had frozen shoulder, got rid of it, and now you are worried that it might come back again.

Here’s a quick recap of the 3 things you need to do to prevent frozen shoulder

1. Keep Your Shoulders Strong
2. Specific and Proper Stretching Routines
3. Proper Range of Motion Activities

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Many people that are afflicted with a frozen shoulder wonder if frozen shoulder can be prevented, or if they could have done anything to prevent it from occurring. While every case is different, most cases of frozen shoulder can be prevented from happening in the first place. There are some things that can be done when symptoms arise.

Usually people have some kind of shoulder or upper extremity injury that starts them on the road to experiencing frozen shoulder. Whether it is a rotator cuff problem, or a minor injury that occurs from exercising, frozen shoulder can develop pretty quickly if the right measures are not taken from the beginning.

For one, if someone starts to experience shoulder issues it is vital that they have their shoulder checked out by a physician immediately to ensure that the proper course of action is being followed. Once the diagnosis and treatment is established, the patient must ensure that he or she is maintaining the essential components of function that are necessary for healing and more so important for preventing frozen shoulder.

One thing that a person can do is keep your shoulder strong by doing some type of resistance training in form of weights, resistance machines, heavy bends or just normal range of motion activities that help keep the muscles surrounding your shoulder strong. It is important that you do the right exercises through the right range of motions to keep your shoulders strong and moving the correct way as well.

The second thing that you can do to prevent Frozen Shoulder is to follow a good and very specific stretching routine. It is not enough just to do one or two stretches, but you have to do stretches through out the week through certain range of motion to keep your shoulders limber and moving the right way.