How Do You Know the Symptoms of Long-Term Calcific Tendonitis?
Have you recently been diagnosed with calcific tendonitis and your wonder what it is? In simple terms, it means you suffer from a frozen shoulder caused by bone deposits. However, the reason anyone has bone deposits is something that have puzzled doctors for many years.
Occasionally it will be caused by immobility such as having to wear a cast for a long time due to other bones breaking. Others feel that it's strictly caused by overuse, such as having to do "strongarm" cleaning or the carrying of a heavy purse, or simply caused by incorrect posture in walking or sitting. The majority of patients suffering from calcific tendonitis are females over 40 with diabetes.
Some women discover this condition while trying to dress, brushing or combing their hair or even while reaching for something in the topmost shelf of the kitchen. The pain seems to increase at night while trying to get a restful sleep. Most often, the first experience with pain related to this condition is while doing some type of overhead an activity. However, as the days pass, the pain increases and is then followed by the loss of total range of motion for the shoulder, before someone may search for the help of a qualified physician.
Slow deliberate exercises may be recommendable for clearing up the pain and stiffness associated with calcific tendonitis. Depending upon the severity of the condition, range of motion may be regained at home while doing these particular exercises. However, these exercises may be necessary for many months to achieve the results you seek.
However, if your condition is more severe you may need to attend a supervised rehabilitation program with physical therapy sessions by a physical therapist to ensure that you properly perform the exercises. However, these exercises can cause pain and you will need to work through this pain to succeed. These exercises will help to increase your muscle strength and endurance. They will also help to increase your flexibility while you perform the various stretching exercises.
Resistance exercises are often recommendable, since they include the use of dumbbells or some rubber material to provide resistance for your shoulder as you use them. Pilates exercises often help to unfreeze a stiff shoulder.
NSAIDs or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs injections may also help to treat the condition successfully as well as taking physical therapy. Diagnostic ultrasonography may be necessary because of the accuracy that is required for these types of injections. Friction massages, heat and ice applications of even additional ultrasound treatments, may also be recommendable for relieving the condition of calcific tendonitis.
If physical therapy intensifies the condition rather than helping, you may also need more than therapy. In which case, surgery may be warranted to help improve the condition. However, uncommon, most surgeries will include arthroscopically surgeries. This type of surgery uses cameras inserted into small opening in the skin of the shoulders. If you do need this type of surgery, you will also take on some rigorous therapy for an extended period.
Occasionally it will be caused by immobility such as having to wear a cast for a long time due to other bones breaking. Others feel that it's strictly caused by overuse, such as having to do "strongarm" cleaning or the carrying of a heavy purse, or simply caused by incorrect posture in walking or sitting. The majority of patients suffering from calcific tendonitis are females over 40 with diabetes.
Some women discover this condition while trying to dress, brushing or combing their hair or even while reaching for something in the topmost shelf of the kitchen. The pain seems to increase at night while trying to get a restful sleep. Most often, the first experience with pain related to this condition is while doing some type of overhead an activity. However, as the days pass, the pain increases and is then followed by the loss of total range of motion for the shoulder, before someone may search for the help of a qualified physician.
Slow deliberate exercises may be recommendable for clearing up the pain and stiffness associated with calcific tendonitis. Depending upon the severity of the condition, range of motion may be regained at home while doing these particular exercises. However, these exercises may be necessary for many months to achieve the results you seek.
However, if your condition is more severe you may need to attend a supervised rehabilitation program with physical therapy sessions by a physical therapist to ensure that you properly perform the exercises. However, these exercises can cause pain and you will need to work through this pain to succeed. These exercises will help to increase your muscle strength and endurance. They will also help to increase your flexibility while you perform the various stretching exercises.
Resistance exercises are often recommendable, since they include the use of dumbbells or some rubber material to provide resistance for your shoulder as you use them. Pilates exercises often help to unfreeze a stiff shoulder.
NSAIDs or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs injections may also help to treat the condition successfully as well as taking physical therapy. Diagnostic ultrasonography may be necessary because of the accuracy that is required for these types of injections. Friction massages, heat and ice applications of even additional ultrasound treatments, may also be recommendable for relieving the condition of calcific tendonitis.
If physical therapy intensifies the condition rather than helping, you may also need more than therapy. In which case, surgery may be warranted to help improve the condition. However, uncommon, most surgeries will include arthroscopically surgeries. This type of surgery uses cameras inserted into small opening in the skin of the shoulders. If you do need this type of surgery, you will also take on some rigorous therapy for an extended period.
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Tom Nicholson spends his time caring for carpal tunnel sufferers. You can click here to learn more aboutcalcific tendinitis.
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