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Gail V... I suffered my first bout of "frozen shoulder" after a terribly painful flare up of bursitis in my left (primary) shoulder about 2 years ago. After a cortisone injection into the joint, plus three months of physiotherapy I ended up with full range of motion once again. Unfortunately, I seem to aggravate this condition regularly by using the mouse, which I tend to use much more than DragonDictate (voice-to-text program) 'cause I don't want to lose my typing skills (such as they are). Thus, I've suffered with reoccurring bursitis about every 3 or 4 months since the original attack. The last major flare was about 2 weeks ago, and my orthopedist has now strongly urged me to have surgery to repair the torn rotator cuff in the shoulder and to clean up the joint itself. I'm NOT really ready to jump up and run to have that surgery so am looking into acupuncture first. About 50 percent of all Parkies DO live with this problem, I'm told... much, much more than the general populous. (DARN!) Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange On Behalf Of Wanda Banks Sent: Monday, April 21, 1997 9:07 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: "Frozen shoulder" Has anyone else had a diagnosis of "frozen shoulder"? My sister was diagnosed as having a frozen shoulder this Jan. 1996 and received Physical Therapy for her pain and limited movement. After 6 months of PT she was not much better, in fact she seemed to have more difficulty with her arm and hand. She was diagnosed as probable PWP in Aug.97 but was told that the"frozen shoulder" was a separate problem. Of course when a major joint like a shoulder is involved, other parts of connecting anatomy become involved ie: her right arm has become progressively weak, she protects that arm and limits it's movement, she has some difficulty holding a pen and writing, and she has pain in her neck. An orthopedic surgeon has examined her and xrays were normal. Her neurogist did an MRI of her cervical spine and it was normal. She had EMG muscle test wich showed minor problems but nothing to explain the amount of symptoms she experiences. My question is ...is this familiar to anyone? ...Is a frozen shoulder a symptom of Parkinsons? Does anyone know any sucessful treatments for frozen shoulder? Thanks for any advice offered, Gail Vass (who uses Wanda Banks' computer) to help her sister with Parkinsons .