Frozen Shoulder Causes

Frozen shoulder is when it becomes hard to move your arm without pain or stiffness. Frozen shoulder comes from several different areas. Trauma like falls, exercise injuries, even sleeping on your side can lead to frozen shoulder. There are multiple ways to treat frozen shoulder. One is to take the pressure off of the 11th cranial nerve. This is easily done with adjustments. However, most frozen shoulder is based in neurology, it’s a brain problem. The brain controls what's called neurological tone. What that means is how much or how hard a muscle is pulling all the time, we also call it posture. When this “tone” gets too high in the front it restricts the proper movement of the arm. These issues can often be worse in the morning than at the end of the day. The easiest way to repair tone issues is with specific physical therapy. The doctors at Chalmers Wellness have been specifically trained to use “neurological reflexive inhibition” to reset the tone. Often in the very first treatment people can feel relief.


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NRI (Neurologic Reflexive Inhibition) is an alternative to more invasive standard treatments and often provides complete relief of symptoms. And, this therapy has been shown in studies to improve frozen shoulder symptoms.
The experts at Chalmers Wellness will begin moving your shoulder through its full range of motion and then evaluate what you can do on your own (without assistance). This will give the doctor a better understanding of exactly where the problem is.
The doctor will then apply manual pressure to the joints near your shoulder to help restore mobility. Over time and with repeated sessions (as needed), your specialist can help you move into the “thawing out” stage, and you’ll notice an improvement in your range of motion.

“Freezing” Stage
Pain (sometimes severe) develops whenever you try to move your shoulder

  • The pain tends to get worse over time
  • The pain and stiffness limit your range of motion
  • Typically lasts for 6 to 9 months

“Thawing” Stage

  • Pain and stiffness improve
  • Range of motion starts to return to normal
  • Can take anywhere from 6 months to 2 years to return to normal

NRI (Neurologic Reflexive Inhibition) is an alternative to more invasive standard treatments and often provides complete relief of symptoms. And, this therapy has been shown in studies to improve frozen shoulder symptoms.

Frozen Shoulder Treatments

Frozen shoulder is treated with a special technique called neurologic reflexive inhibition which was developed by Dr. Chalmers. This technique address the most common cause of frozen shoulder which is muscular dysfunction in the shoulder that leads to instability, dysfunction and pain.

The frozen shoulder process normally comes on gradually over time so the changes in the muscles are not noticed. The treatment process normally takes 3-5 weeks and has been very successful at resetting the muscles and freeing up the joint. Most people feel a change after the first week of care.

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