Shoulder Impingement...does it ever really recover?

[SquidWeaselYay]

Thanks for all the advice and suggestions. It's good to know I'm not the only one injured after beachbody. I figured I would try it out, mix up my workouts since I was getting bored with the same old routines. It's a shame, I actually found that I really like doing the videos, they make the workout fly by. I've never had a shoulder injury before now, and I used to swim and play raquetball. I still kayak a LOT over the warmer months, and still, never a shoulder injury.

As much as I hate to hear that many of you had to suffer through this for several months, it also is enlightening, seeing that I may be jumping the gun. It has only been a month since the cortisone shot, so I may be expecting too much too soon. I guess I should chill and stay away from shoulder exercises (except for the PT) until after the JH trip at the end of the month.

I would love to be able to see some specialists for all my injury-prone-ness and see if there is something biomechanical at play and fix it. My health insurance leaves a lot to be desired though, and my work schedule is insane and inconsistent. I think I could manage 1-2 times per week of appointments, but 3 would be nearly impossible without a job change. :( I'll have to see what I can do about seeing somebody and doing whatever I can manage though. I don't want to keep going through this. I'm NOT good with recovery time, it makes me grumpy!

 

[JayDeeVee]

If it's the same thing as frozen shoulder than I have it and know a few friends that do as well.

There are three stages to this lovely issue.
1. PAIN so very much pain as you lose range of motion and usually night time is the worst.
2. Freezing you lose range of motion and it stays like this for 1-2 years.
3. Thawing it finally starts to loosen and you get your range of motion back. This can take over a year to get back to 95% of your previous ROM.

Recommendations are for massage therapy (manual manipulation - hurts like a mother!), range of motion surgery (I forget the actual name of this) but they put you under and manipulate your shoulder (this has mixed reviews), surgery where they go in a clean out the calcified tissue, physio seems to do nothing for most people.

I'm currently in the frozen stage and have been for almost a year now. Swimming helps - sort of, massage it best but is expensive and actually makes me cry.

Wishing you a speedy recovery, cause it sucks!