Acupuncture for cryptogenic shoulder joint pain / stiffness / frozen shoulder

Acupuncture for cryptogenic shoulder joint pain, transferred and recommended from a neurologic doctor. This case as the patient first visit, her left arm totally unable to move or lift, even try hard on her shoulder but the joint seem losing function. With an x-ray, neurologic examination, there's no injury seen on the joint, we called as a cryptogenic joint problem ( unknown reason).

After the first session of acupuncture, she felt the joint released; after the second session, her left arm could lift; after the third, she showed us how she lifts and maintains 10 seconds; the forth, she lifts and maintains almost 1 min.

For the last several sessions she could lift arm and over 1 min, as well her hyperacidity and insomnia as she complained when the first visit all improved.

During treatment if the pain appears or the patient feels more sensitive to the pain sensation, it's because the circulation comes active, through the transaction time, the joint also going recovery.

Last but not least, regular stretching the shoulder is the best prevention for frozen shoulder, combining a customized diet, boosting the healing speed.