Stop letting shoulder stiffness limit your daily life. At Kent Chiro-Med Wellness Clinic, our physical therapist team provides expert frozen shoulder treatment in Ottawa that targets the root cause of your adhesive capsulitis. Our comprehensive physiotherapy approach helps people with frozen shoulder regain shoulder motion and return to normal activities.
Frozen shoulder treatment addresses adhesive capsulitis, a condition where the shoulder joint capsule becomes progressively stiff and painful. The shoulder capsule – the connective tissue around the shoulder joint – becomes thick and tight, severely limiting motion in the shoulder and causing significant pain and stiffness. Frozen shoulder occurs when inflammation develops in this joint capsule, making it difficult to move your shoulder normally.
This condition typically develops in three distinct phases: the freezing stage (increasing pain and stiffness), the frozen stage (severe stiffness with less pain), and the thawing stage (gradual return of movement). Without proper treatment, frozen shoulder can last 1-3 years.
Frozen shoulder can develop following various triggers, and understanding when frozen shoulder occurs helps guide frozen shoulder treatment:
Frozen shoulder may include three distinct phases:
Frozen shoulder may last 1-3 years without proper treatment for frozen shoulder conditions. Patients with frozen shoulder often experience pain and loss of function that significantly impacts daily activities.
People with frozen shoulder often cannot move your shoulder above head level or reach behind their back.
Understanding the causes of frozen shoulder helps our team provide targeted frozen shoulder treatment:
Risk for developing frozen shoulder increases with:
The shoulder becomes stiff when the shoulder joint capsule thickens and contracts. This process is associated with frozen shoulder development and creates the characteristic shoulder stiffness that patients with frozen shoulder experience.
Kent Chiro-Med offers Ottawa's most comprehensive frozen shoulder treatment approach, combining cutting-edge physiotherapy and chiropractic care for optimal capsule healing and mobility restoration.
Shoulder exercises designed for frozen shoulder treatment include:
Treatment plans progress based on your healing stage and tolerance. Our physical therapist ensures exercises help the shoulder can help restore mobility safely.
Physical therapy includes evidence-based hands-on interventions:
Management of frozen shoulder includes:
Our Ottawa clinic specializes in frozen shoulder treatment with:
Our treatment decisions are made by licensed healthcare professionals, not business managers. Your shoulder recovery comes first.
Frozen shoulder treatment includes physical therapy with shoulder exercises, stretching exercises, and manual therapy. Other treatment option approaches include steroid injection directly into your shoulder joint, hydrodilatation, and in severe cases, surgery for frozen shoulder or shoulder arthroscopy. Most people with frozen shoulder respond well to conservative frozen shoulder treatment with physiotherapy and home exercises.
Treatment duration depends on the stage of your condition. Patients in the early freezing stage may see improvement in 4-8 weeks, while those in the frozen stage may require 3-6 months for significant progress with our integrated approach.
No referral required. Ottawa residents can book directly with Kent Chiro-Med for both physiotherapy and chiropractic frozen shoulder treatment.
Our treatments are designed to work within your pain tolerance. During the acute freezing phase, gentle techniques are used. As your condition improves, we can progress to more intensive mobility work.
While not always preventable, maintaining good posture, regular shoulder movement, and managing underlying conditions like diabetes can reduce your risk of developing adhesive capsulitis.
The frozen stage typically involves severe stiffness with less pain. This is when our advanced therapies like TECAR therapy are most effective at breaking down adhesions and speeding recovery.
With proper treatment, most patients regain 90-100% of their shoulder function. Early intervention leads to better outcomes and faster recovery times.
Don’t spend another day with limited shoulder movement. Our proven frozen shoulder treatment approach has helped hundreds of Ottawa patients regain full shoulder function and pain-free living.
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