Many people erroneously think that only stretching will be enough to cure their frozen shoulder. Although stretching is an improtant component to a suceesful frozen shoulder treatment it must be complemented with other therapeutic exercises to achieve progress and effective management of the condition.
Stretching is only part of the answer for eliminating frozen shoulder, but not the whole answer. The condition of a frozen shoulder invovles a complex condition that you need to know and understand.
Besides stretching, proper strengthening of the shoulder joint and surrounding muscles is essential. The advantages of stretching is it allows the shoulder joint to move beyond its limited range of motion keeping the shoulder joint free from stiffness. The shoulder becomes highly mobile upon strengthening the groups of muscles supporting it with the help of strengthening exercises.
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Another component that needs to be in every frozen shoulder exercise program, is quality soft-tissue work. The shoulder is comprised of connective tissues such as muscles, ligaments and tendons that provide support to the shoulder joint. Scar tissues, adhesions and shortening of soft tissues around the joint are culprits to pain and limited range of motion around the shoulder. One gets to improve the shoulder range of motion by freeing the soft tissues around the shoulder.
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Stretching is definitely an important part of eliminating frozen shoulder. However as stated in this article, it is not the only part of a successful elimination program. I have spent a lot of time studying frozen shoulder and trust me, the only way that you can truely get rid of frozen shoulder pain is by properly combining stretching, strength training, range of motion exercises and soft-tissue work will help ensure that you are covering all of the important aspects of a proper frozen shoulder elimination program.
