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Tools for School – Avoiding Low Back Pain

Backpack Safety New Fairfield CT Back Pain

Fall is here!  The first days of school have come and gone.  Now the once excited kids bend over or strain shoulders to hold the overly heavy backpacks that contain their school books and folders.  Unfortunately these over filled backpacks are heading our future generations into early back pain, neck pain, headaches and disease processes.  According to...

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Precision Navigation to Solving Back and Neck Pain

Back Pain New Fairfield CT Neck Pain

Scary how technology has become a savior but also freakishly aware as we type back pain or neck pain into Google's intelligent search bar.  It not only auto fills our requests but gives us the closest locations that match our keyword searches. Today with the ease of navigation our health and quality of life should...

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Been In An Auto Accident?

Accident New Fairfield CT Personal Injury

It can happen in an instant!  You were simply driving your car - possibly in auto-pilot- then out of no where another car swerves or an animal runs in the road and suddenly you slam on your brakes.  Most often we avoid the collision of another object but often in cases we don't.  Unfortunately this...

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The Responsibility of Evolution – Chiropractic Insights

Evolutions Role New Fairfield CT Back Pain

Man's trajectory from the beginning has been to come, become, adapt, and grow.  Our evolution from even a small infant can be measured by lying to sitting, sitting to crawling, and finally crawling to standing.  With this said our species from an outside observer would now be entered as the era of de-evolution of man....

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Avoid Sitting the Bench with A Frozen Shoulder and Neck Pain This Year!

Neck Pain New Fairfield CT Frozen ShoulderMarvelous May is here!   At this time of year we should be in full swing and enjoying the benefits of the sun and outdoor activities. Unfortunately many of us are sitting on the bench or taking medications to play through our neck pain and what is described as a “frozen shoulder”.

Understanding What is A Frozen Shouder

A Frozen Shoulder or, Adhesive capsulitis, is a condition in which the shoulder cannot be moved normally due to pain and inflammation in the joint capsule of the shoulder.  Limited range of motion not only occurs when the individual tries to move the shoulder, but even if shoulder movement is forced.  The pain maybe isolated but most often it is accompanied with neck pain.

Causes of A Frozen Shoulder?

A Frozen Shoulder is caused by inflammation, scarring or thickening that occurs within the capsule of the shoulder joint.  The capsule of ligaments in the shoulder joint allows the bones in the shoulder to freely move within the joint and if this becomes inflamed, the bones in the shoulder may have difficulty moving or may not be able to move at all.  In many cases, there is no known cause for the inflammation and the condition arises from lack of use of the shoulder joint, but some causes that can lead to the condition include diabetes, shoulder trauma or injury, shoulder surgery, tendonitis, bursitis, cervical disc disease, chronic inflammatory arthritis, hyperthyroidism or any type of surgery located in the chest or breast.

Indications of a Frozen Shoulder

The primary symptoms of a frozen shoulder are pain, stiffness and limited shoulder mobility.  In most cases, the condition begins with pain that prevents you from using your shoulder and moving your arm in a normal fashion.  As you cease to move your arm because of the pain or if you keep it immobilized for too long (such as by putting it in a sling), the shoulder becomes stiff and eventually you cannot perform certain functions or movements.  The main difference between frozen shoulder and other conditions that may cause pain, stiffness and limited mobility is that with a frozen shoulder, the doctor cannot make the shoulder joint move even by manually moving it.

The Analysis

The first step in diagnosing a frozen shoulder will include taking a complete medical history and physical examinations.  Questions will be asked related to when the symptoms began, what activities caused the symptoms, and how limited the movement of the shoulder is.  The shoulder will be examined and range of motion tests will be performed.  The doctor will try to move the shoulder joint manually and if that cannot be done, a diagnosis of frozen shoulder is made.  X-rays or an MRI may be ordered to determine if there is any noticeable cause of the immobility, but in most cases of frozen shoulder there are no specific findings, although shrinkage of the shoulder capsule or scar tissue may be apparent.

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