Frozen Shoulder Causes

What Causes of Frozen Shoulder ?

A frozen shoulder causes a typical set of symptoms that can be identified by your doctor, Frozen shoulder causes occurs with no associated injury or discernible cause. The causes of frozen shoulder are not fully understood. This condition can be a result of primary adhesive capsulitis or secondary adhesive capsulitis. Primary adhesive capsulitis occurs for no apparent reason (idiopathic cause).

cuases of frozen shoulder

Secondary frozen shoulder is generally a result of changes in the structures and tissues supporting your shoulder and/or diseases. There are a number of things that can cause damage to your shoulder muscles and tissues such as repetitive use or overuse from work or sporting activities, acute injuries and aging. Over the years your muscles will start to lose their mass and strength, your tissues will lose their elasticity and degenerate, making you more susceptible to injury.  

 

Some risk factors or secondary frozen shoulder causes include:

Age & Gender. Frozen shoulder cause most commonly affects patients between the ages of 40 to 60 years old, and it is twice as common in women than in men. 

Endocrine Disorders. Frozen shoulder cause most commonly patients with diabetes affecting 10 percent to 20 percent of these individuals, are at particular risk for developing a frozen shoulder. For this reason, frozen shoulder cause may have an autoimmune component, meaning your immune system may begin to attack the healthy parts of your body — in this case, the capsule and connective tissue of your shoulder. Other endocrine abnormalities, such as thyroid problems, can also lead to this condition. 

Shoulder Trauma or Surgery. Frozen shoulder is the result of inflammation, scarring, thickening, and shrinkage of the capsule that surrounds the normal shoulder joint. The process involves thickening and contracture of the capsule surrounding the shoulder joint. There are patients who develop a frozen shoulder after a traumatic injury to the shoulder, any injury to the shoulder can lead to frozen shoulder, including tendinitis, bursitis, and rotator cuff injury, chronic inflammatory arthrirtis of the shoulder, or after chest or breast surgery. Long-term immobility of the shoulder joint or an arm fracture can put people at risk to develop a frozen shoulder.

Other systemic Conditions. Frozen shoulder cause may several systemic conditions such as heart disease and Parkinson’s disease have also been associated with an increased risk for developing a frozen shoulder.