Ep 71 - Frozen Shoulder and the Super Drug, “I Have a Client Who …” Pathology Conversations with Ruth Werner

A client has frozen shoulder: a painful, limiting condition, and she is prescribed a powerful drug (methylprednisolone) to help manage it. When it is appropriate for massage to enter this situation?

 

Resources:

 

Buchbinder, R. et al. “Short Course Prednisolone for Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder or Stiff Painful Shoulder): A Randomised, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial.” Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 63, no. 11. 

 

Guler-Uysal F. and E. Kozanoglu. “Comparison of the Early Response to Two Methods of Rehabilitation in Adhesive Capsulitis.” Swiss Medical Weekly 134, no. 23–24 (2004): 353–58. 

 

Jewell DV, DL Riddle and LR Thacker. “Interventions Associated with an Increased or Decreased Likelihood of Pain Reduction and Improved Function in Patients with Adhesive Capsulitis: a Retrospective Cohort Study. Physical Therapy 89, no. 5 (2009): 419–29.

 

 

Roberts, Jefferson R. “What is the Role of Oral Corticoids in the Treatment of Frozen Shoulder Syndrome (FSS) (Adhesive Capsulitis)?” Last modified November 12, 2020. 

 

This podcast sponsored by: 

 

Books of Discovery: www.booksofdiscovery.com 

 

Host: 

 

Ruth Werner: www.ruthwerner.com  

 

Additional articles by Ruth Werner: 

 

“COVID-19–Related Complications” 

 

“Lipedema: the Skinny on Painful Fat,” 

 

“Skipping a Beat: Cardiac Arrhythmias,”