frozen shoulder

British  

noun

1. pathol a painful stiffness in a shoulder joint

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Example Sentences

Frozen shoulder was how I discovered I was in perimenopause because I was not told by my doctor who performed my hysterectomy that this could happen.

From Los Angeles Times

That neck pillow, when I got frozen shoulder, I was using it a lot.

From Los Angeles Times

Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, is estimated to occur in about 2 to 5 percent of the U.S. population, according to the American Physical Therapy Association.

From Washington Post

Although the exact causes of frozen shoulder aren’t known, some shoulder specialists say they’ve seen an increase in cases among their patients over the past year and a half that may be connected to the pandemic.

From Washington Post

“From a biological standpoint, there’s some theories on how if you get covid, then your body is sort of in a heightened inflammatory state, and frozen shoulder fundamentally is an inflammation problem,” said Michael Fu, a shoulder specialist and assistant attending orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

From Washington Post