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How To Treat Frozen Shoulder And Elbows Following An Accident?

A relative of mine had an accident some months ago which has caused the shoulder to elbow to be almost frozen. She is unable to lift both her hands side ways or front more than couple of inches. She has already been through Physio, massage, laser therapy but so far no satisfactory results. After the accident there was not much pain in the back but slowly the muscles or cells succumbed and gave up on movement. After months of going through Physio, massage, laser therapy there is only some inches of progress, nothing great. Can anyone suggest what could be the possible issue and what should the next steps be?
Thu, 15 Sep 2016
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Hi you have not specified what kind of Injury she had.there can be direct causes like injury to shoulder and elbow or indirect causes like prolonged bed rest , head injury etc. In case of direct injury , reassessment is required for bones and soft tissues with x- rays and MRI. For indirect causes like head injury , the knowledge of exact nature of injury will be helpful in planning treatment.
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How To Treat Frozen Shoulder And Elbows Following An Accident?

Hi you have not specified what kind of Injury she had.there can be direct causes like injury to shoulder and elbow or indirect causes like prolonged bed rest , head injury etc. In case of direct injury , reassessment is required for bones and soft tissues with x- rays and MRI. For indirect causes like head injury , the knowledge of exact nature of injury will be helpful in planning treatment.