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My fats are causing me frozen shoulder!?

Frozen Shoulder, Pain Management

By MICHELLE 张映玲医师

25 NOV 2020

 

What is Frozen Shoulder?

Frozen shoulder belongs to the category of “Arthralgia”, and Chinese medicine also refers to it as “Shoulder syndrome”, “Frozen shoulder” and so on.

 

 

From the perspective of Chinese medicine, we generally refer to frozen shoulders as “50s Shoulders” because many patients develop symptoms at around that age. Most of the time, the cause of this disease is due to a combination of different daily factors involving ones’ living environment, living habits, and exercise habits.

 

What are the causes of Frozen Shoulder?

Frozen shoulder is a manifestation of Qi and blood deficiency in TCM. If you do not have the habit of stretching exercises or your life posture is improper, and your muscles and bones are not properly stretched, your qi and blood will become weaker and weaker once you are about 50 years old. In turn, your muscles will lack nourishment easily and increase your chances of getting frozen shoulder.

 

 

In addition, inhabiting the tropical areas, eating raw and cold food will cause wind, cold, and damp evil to invade the blood and impede the long-term movement of the shoulder. Such internal damage will cause tightening of the muscles and veins of the shoulders, in turn causing blood stasis and frozen shoulder.

 

Relationship between obesity and Frozen Shoulder

Although there is no direct relationship between obesity and frozen shoulder, the occurrence of frozen shoulder may also be closely related to the stomach. The Yangming Stomach Meridian has multiple meridians that bypass the stomach and can be easily affected by ones’ diet. Patients with frozen shoulder are likely to suffer from “stomach cold”, which is poor digestion, bloating, and frequent hiccups.

 

Who are more susceptible to Frozen Shoulder?

In tropical areas like Singapore, where the moisture level is high, we are more susceptible to wind, cold, and dampness that invade our shoulders and joints especially when we are tired, sleeping, traumatic or weak. For office workers, most symptoms of frozen shoulder will surface between 4-50 years old, due to prolonged use of aircon and staying in air-conditioned rooms. It is an important taboo of TCM to allow air to blow directly on the shoulders and necks.

 

 

Many patients with frozen shoulder have a history of local strain or dislocation sprain. Such patients are common for patients to have physical weakness and poor blood circulation.

About the author

SIN KANG TCM

MICHELLE 张映玲医师

Physician 中医师

The Star Vista, Paya Lebar Square

TCM Registration No. T0301728


Practicing since 1985

1985 年开始行医


Chinese: Fluent

English: Conversational


Educational Background 教育背景:

Guangzhou Medical College

广州中医专科学院


FOCUS 专治:

Pain Management 疼痛治疗

Slimming Treatment 减肥瘦身

TCM Facial Beauty 中医脸部美容

Internal Medicine 内科


Born into a family of Western doctors, Michelle is well-versed in acupuncture and TCM, but also familiar with Western medicine knowledge. Not only is she successful in treating joint pain diseases like frozen shoulders and arthritis, she also specialises in TCM gynaecology and facial beauty.


出身于医学世家,Michelle 熟悉西医,精通中医,拥有三十年的临床经验,尤其对各种痛症非常有心得,主治颈肩背疼痛、腰椎间盘突出、头晕头痛,五十肩、关节痛等,特别是在治疗脊椎侧弯方面有着立竿见影的效果。她对于中医美容美雕、减肥疗效明显。同时,她在妇科、脸部美容方面也很有经验。