Soon, even daily activities become difficult: putting on a shirt, hooking your bra, brushing your hair, opening the upper shelf, or reaching out for the object in front of you—anything that involves using the affected joints and muscles. Even trying to sleep can be a nightmare, as a wrong turn or a single movement can heighten the pain. You may not know it, but you may be experiencing a condition called frozen shoulder.
NST Bowen Therapy: Frozen Shoulder Technique
People with frozen shoulders can suffer for several months to more than a year or longer if the proper treatment regimen is not implemented. Fortunately, there is now a proven approach to healing and treating frozen shoulders quickly.
An increasing number of practitioners and therapists are turning to Bowen Therapy, particularly the specialization called Neurostructural Integration Technique (NST), as more patients report significant pain reduction and a remarkable improvement in their mobility even after just the first treatment phase.
Frozen shoulder signs and symptoms
The most painful stage attacks during the first six to 12 weeks. Your range of motion becomes restricted because you may find that moving, extending, touching or using the affected muscles in any way increases the pain level.
After some time, the pain will gradually ease (although it still won’t go away), but the affected muscles will be completely hard to move for four to six months. Hence, this stage is called the frozen stage.
Next is the thawing stage, a protracted process lasting more than a year, during which the freezing gradually eases, allowing you to regain your normal range of movement steadily.
NHS conventional treatments
Doctors often won’t identify the cause or associated injury that led to the condition. What is certain is that your overall quality of life and general health can suffer significantly when you have a frozen shoulder. It’s best to seek treatment the moment you notice the symptoms.
Conventional methods of treatment focus on easing the pain and helping the patient regain movement. Depending on the patient’s condition, this can be done through a combination of the following: physical therapy, specially designed exercise and stretching routines, moist heat application, anti-inflammatory medications, and cortisone injections.
Patients and their caregivers should diligently follow the treatment regimen for several months to a few years to experience the effects.
The best treatment for frozen shoulder and pain
Today, the recommended approach toward fast and effective relief is NST. A variant of Bowen Therapy, NST focuses not only on the problematic shoulder but also works with the entire nervous system.
The result is fast and significant (results can be experienced after the first session), an overall improvement in how the body functions and heals itself. Why suffer for so long?
