Understanding these different types of shoulder injury and how they are caused could be important if you are an athlete or if you do a manual labor job – there are often easy ways to prevent them, as well as effective treatments that you can explore.
Muscle Tightness as a Cause of Frozen Shoulder
This case series of five patients with frozen shoulder demonstrates that active muscle guarding may be a major contributing factor to frozen shoulder.
What are the causes of frozen shoulder?
Frozen shoulder is a condition in which the glenohumeral joint loses mobility. The two stages are neurogenic frozen shoulder and adhesive capsulitis.
Signs, symptoms, and assessment (diagnosis) of frozen shoulder
The most common sign of frozen shoulder is decreased GH joint range of motion. Most commonly affected motions are abduction, flexion, and lateral rotation.




