Results tagged “Shoulder” from Acupuncture & TCM Blog

"A salt water injection could help millions of people.. who suffer from frozen shoulder. The risk-free ten-minute procedure, known as hydrodilatation, involves injecting salty water directly into the shoulder."

The salty water breaks up the adhesion and the patients feel immediate relief.

Hydrodilatation takes just ten minutes and patients go home immediately.

"The procedure involves patients lying on their backs on an X-ray table. The injection is given using X-rays for guidance. Local anaesthetic and a steroid is then injected to calm down inflammation in the shoulder. Salty water - at a ratio of less than 1 per cent salt to water - is injected to balloon out the joint.

The normal joint space holds 10ml of fluid but a total of 40ml of fluid is injected. This lifts the stuck-down adhesions from the bone so that normal movement is restored. The excess water is then absorbed by the body over the next day or so. Patients are allowed to go home immediately. "

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Frozen Shoulder Mail Online, March 2008

My friend has had frozen shoulder for years. She went to the NYCTCM Acupuncture School Teaching Clinic in Manhattan for acupuncture treatments. Senior students treat patients supervised by a Master acupuncturist. She has had three treatments and her range of motion is improving. The price is very affordable also; only $25 after the first treatment.