From: plebrun@minf.vub.ac.be (Philippe Lebrun)
Subject: Re: Frozen shoulder and lawn mowing
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In article <1993Apr23.213823.11738@ux1.cts.eiu.edu>, cfaks@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Alice Sanders) writes:
|> Ihave had a frozen shoulder for over a year or about a year.  It is still
|> partially frozen, and I am still in physical therapy every week.  But the
|> pain has subsided almost completely.  UNTIL last week when I mowed the
|> lawn for twenty minutes each, two days in a row.  I have a push type power
|> mower.  The pain started back up a little bit for the first time in quite
|> a while, and I used ice and medicine again.  Can anybody explain why this
|> particular activity, which does not seem to stress me very much generally,
|> should cause this shoulder problem?

You need to use your shoulder muscles to push the mower. If you haven't been
doing much exercise, as I suppose you haven't, then a constant 20 minute
long effort can cause stiffness and cramps.

-philippe
