Reanswering 2 Re: Re: Article - Adhesive Capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

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> I was wrong; just tried to massage it... And as I poked at her

found these to be the correct answers:

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> The *numbness* is where the neck meets the shoulder to the middle

of the shoulder blade. (I said bottom of shoulder blade formerly)

The muscles are stiff from the base of the neck to the base of the

shoulder blade. It is *numb* from the spine to tip of the shoulder

blade (I said to under armpit formerly). The muscles are tight from

spine to under armpit Right side

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> I also forgot to mention when the doc checked the numb area; she

was not able to feel fingernails on that side; or pin prick; but was

able to feel it when the doc broke the tounge dispenser in half and

poked her in this area.

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Thanks for the clarification. From your description, it sounds like

the middle and lower fibers of the trapezius muscle. The trapezius

is a large superficial back muscle that originates vertically down

the spine from the occiput clear to T12. Its insertion points are

the lateral (farthest from spine) third of the clavicle, the

acromion (tip of the scapula), and the spine (top) of the scapula.

In other words, it covers the top of the shoulder from the clavicle

to the top of the scapula, all the way out to the tip of the

scapula. It is also somewhat triangular in shape running from the

tip of the scapula up toward the base of the skull and down toward

the middle of the back. That downward pointing part overlays about

a third of the scapula.

If the numbness is basically from where the neck and the shoulder

meet down to the top of the scapula and out toward the tip, it

sounds like the middle fibers of the trapezius. Out to " under the

armpit " would be a different muscle, but then you rarely ever have

just one muscle involved. And if it has been five months, you can

be guaranteed that you are going to have more than one just from

compensations.

None of your description, however, sounds like adhesive capsulitis.

But with five months involvement now, I would strongly suspect that

she has at least some fascial restrictions taking place. You can

test for this yourself by very lightly running the flat of the palm

side of your hands slowly, up, down and across her bare back. If

there are no restrictions, your hands will just glide across the

skin. If there are restrictions, you will feel a resistance. For

severe restrictions, your hand will literally " stick. " And you test

in all directions because the restriction can be in one direction

only.

Do the test and if you find that there are any, let me know and I

will see if I can walk you through doing a release via email.

The other thing I would want to know is if it is just a wide area

numbness or if there are " hot spots " that are tender to the touch.

And if there are any of those, whether they refer pain elsewhere or

not. If you do find any, I can give you some pointers on working on

those as well.