Icheon Frozen Shoulder Korean Medicine Clinic: How to Treat a Shoulder So Painful You Can Barely Get Dressed
Icheon Frozen Shoulder Korean Medicine Clinic
How to Treat a Shoulder So Painful You Can Barely Get Dressed
Hello.
I'm Director Seo Se-wook of Icheon Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic.
Lately the number of people coming to the Icheon frozen shoulder clinic
has risen sharply.
They share one thing in common.
Getting dressed in the morning —
this small act is the hardest thing of their whole day.
Since they can't get the sleeve onto the painful arm,
they slip it in with the other hand, and even fastening a single button
leaves them breaking out in a cold sweat.
Many of the patients who come into the consultation room
take quite a while just to take off a single coat.
"Doctor, I never knew getting dressed and undressed could be this hard."
"When I raise my arm it feels like something snaps,
so I can't even wash my hair."
"My shoulder aches every night and I can hardly sleep."
Getting dressed, washing your hair,
reaching into your back pocket —
when these small everyday things fall apart,
the whole day grows heavy.
I fully understand that frustration.
Today,
I'll lay out the three things patients most often ask
at the Icheon frozen shoulder clinic.
1. Why does it hurt this much?
2. What treatment methods are there?
3. How long does treatment take?
For those who wonder about treatment methods
for a shoulder so painful they can barely get dressed,
I hope this article helps.
1. Why does it hurt this much?
Frozen shoulder begins when
inflammation develops in a tissue called the joint capsule, which wraps around the shoulder joint.
This joint capsule thickens
and clings to the shoulder bone, and the shoulder gradually stiffens.
It's called "fifty shoulder" in Korean because it's common around one's fifties,
but these days quite a few people
in their forties, and even their thirties, come in as well.
That's why severe pain arises
when raising or rotating the arm backward,
and at night it throbs and aches even when you're perfectly still.
Some of you may have heard
that "if you just leave it alone, it heals."
In many cases the pain does subside
over the course of one to three years,
but the problem is that even when the pain lessens,
the shoulder may not move as well as it once did.
If you leave it stiff for a long time,
it freezes in place with a narrowed range of motion.
That's why active treatment is needed.
2. What treatment methods are there?
In most cases, frozen shoulder is treated without surgery.
Many people come in worried
after being told they might need surgery,
but there's no need to be so frightened.
At Icheon Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic,
we proceed with treatment in this order.
First, with an ultrasound exam,
we check the condition inside the shoulder joint directly with our own eyes.
Even with the same frozen shoulder,
the treatment method changes depending on
how much the joint capsule has thickened
and the state of the surrounding muscles and ligaments.
Once the exam is done,
with acupuncture and electroacupuncture we gently release
the stiffened muscles and ligaments.
With pharmacopuncture we help the swelling and inflammation subside,
and with large moxibustion and cupping
we improve blood circulation around the shoulder.
When needed, with an herbal medicine prescription
we aid recovery from the inside of the body.
It's not simply about stopping the pain.Draining the swelling, widening the range of motion,
and making it so it won't stiffen again.
This is the overall direction of frozen shoulder treatment
as we see it.
3. How long does treatment take?
Honestly speaking, it differs from person to person.
Frozen shoulder broadly goes through three stages:
the stage of severe pain,
the stage when the shoulder stiffens,
and the stage when it gradually loosens.
Someone who comes in early
and someone who comes after it has stiffened considerably
are bound to have different treatment durations.
That's why, with an ultrasound exam,
we see exactly which stage you're in now
and build a plan that fits.
There's something I always want to urge.
"If you feel your shoulder getting stiff,
don't endure it — come quickly.
The sooner you come, the sooner it gets better."
People like these should definitely have it checked.
Those whose shoulder suddenly stiffened
around their fifties,
those who struggle with everyday motions
like getting dressed or washing their hair,
those who lose sleep at night
because of shoulder pain,
those with diabetes or thyroid disease,
whose constitution makes the shoulder stiffen more easily,
and those who hold the same posture for long stretches
due to housework or computer work.
I hope this is helpful to those looking for a nearby Korean medicine clinic in or around Changjeon-dong, Icheon.
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Let me sum up today's story.
Frozen shoulder is a condition where inflammation develops in the joint capsule
and the shoulder stiffens,
and if you only wait, it can freeze
with its movement reduced.
Once we grasp the condition with an ultrasound exam,
applying treatment methods suited to the stage —
acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, large moxibustion, herbal medicine, and so on —
you can fully reclaim your daily life without surgery.
This has been Seo Se-wook of the Icheon frozen shoulder clinic,
Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic.
Thank you.
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[Clinic Hours]
Mon, Wed, Fri 9:00-20:00 (registration closes at 19:00)
Tue, Thu 9:00-18:00 (registration closes at 17:00)
Lunch break (13:00-14:00)
Saturday 09:00-14:00
(registration closes at 13:00, open with no lunch break)
Closed every Sunday.
[Directions]
Address: 1F Baeyoung Building, 178 Yeongchang-ro, Icheon-si
Silver Intersection (former KEB/Hana Bank site)
Across from NC Department Store,
the building right next to Davich Optical Icheon Jungang branch
About 100m toward
Shinhan Bank/Kookmin Bank
[By Public Transit]
Gwango-dong stop:
Go straight about 200m toward Shinhan/Kookmin Bank
Shinhan Bank stop:
Go straight toward Gwango Market, then
located across the Jungang intersection
[Parking]
When using the Gwango Market public parking lot,
1 hour of free parking is available.
Icheon Frozen Shoulder Korean Medicine Clinic
How to Treat a Shoulder So Painful You Can Barely Get Dressed
Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic
Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic, 1F, 178 Yeongchang-ro, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
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