Frozen Shoulder

A patient is a 53 yrs old woman who complains about her neck pain and stiffness, shoulder and lower back pain about 5 years.  The stiffness is on both side of her neck and stiffness level is 6out of 10.  She also cannot lift up her shoulders with pain level 8-9 out of 10. Her sleep quality was poor because of her shoulder pain. She cannot roll over since the pain.

This is an example of cold painful obstruction syndrome, and the additional component of stagnation of Qi in the shoulders from over use of joints through her work. The treatment principle was to expel cold, watm the channels and move Qi. After the first session, the patient can lift up her arms higher, and the pain was reduced. After 10 sessions, the patient can lift up her arms freely without the pain. She can sleep the whole night. 

Pain and stiffness of the shoulder joints is an extremely common complaint both in the West and China. Acupuncture normallu gives excellent results in both acute and chronic cases. The root reason of causing the issues are including cold, excessive work or exercise, accidents, Gall bladder problem, and large intestine problem etc.