Frozen shoulder is also known as adhesive capsulitis and the two terms are used almost interchangeably. The problem of frozen shoulder can start quite quickly after an injury or a frozen shoulder may sometimes develop more gradually without any obvious trigger.

Doctor's first recognised adhesive capsulitis in the late 1800's when they realised that it was a different condition from arthritis of the shoulder. Let me repeat this for emphasis: Frozen shoulder is not a form of arthritis and it does not develop into arthritis.

A frozen shoulder can cause severe shoulder pain and pain that spreads down the arm towards the elbow or the wrist. Most frozen shoulder pain patients are frustrated by the stiffness in the shoulder joint but it is pain relief that they seek