Frozen shoulder is a retrograde and inflammatory affection which attacks the soft tissue of shoulder joint, and it is characterized by pare on the shoulder and dyskinesia of the shoulder joint. Its predilection age is 50 years old, the morbidity rate of female is a little higher than male's. In TCM, it is also called "shoulder of 50 years old", "pain on the shoulder and back", "stagnation on the shoulder meridian" or "gouty arthritis". It is caused by chronic strain, tendons and bones injury, deficiency of qi and blood with invasion of the wind, cold and damp pathogens. It is mainly treated by expelling pathogenic wind and cold and removing dampness, activating the blood circulation and dredging the collateral by warming the meridian.
Lesion of shoulder synovial bursa
Articular cavity lesions
Tendon sheath degradation lesions