How can you tell the difference between spondylosis and frozen shoulder?

1. Shoulder pain. Frozen shoulder is mainly localized shoulder pain, which is significantly aggravated by shoulder and arm lifting, abduction, and rotational movements; It is characterized by dysfunction of the shoulder joint, inability to lie on the affected side, more pain worsening at night, and no symptoms of numbness in the fingers.

Cervical spondylosis is mainly caused by neck shoulder and back pain and discomfort, the pain of upper limb lifting and elevation is reduced, and the pain is aggravated when stretching and sagging, and the pain is radicular, mostly accompanied by radiological numbness or numbness of the fingers.

Second, tender points.

Frozen shoulder is mainly localized shoulder pain, which is significantly aggravated by shoulder and arm lifting, abduction, and rotational movements; It is characterized by dysfunction of the shoulder joint, inability to lie on the affected side, more pain worsening at night, and no symptoms of numbness in the fingers.

Cervical spondylosis has no tender points in the shoulder, but tenderness in the back of the shoulder and neck, such as vertebral fat muscles, neck muscles attached to the occipital bone, trapezius muscles, supraspinatus muscles, infraspinatus muscles, levator scapulae muscles, rhomboid major and minor muscles, teres major and minor muscles, etc.

3. The nature of the pain and its accompanying symptoms.

When the shoulder joint is moved, frozen shoulder can induce dull pain and soreness, the pain is limited to the shoulder, accompanied by the dysfunction of the shoulder joint, and the prominent is the restriction of lifting, abduction and rotation, and there are no neurological symptoms such as sensory impairment. The pain of cervical spondylosis is often numbness, burning, and radiating pain, which mostly radiates to the hand, and there is no impaired movement of the shoulder joint; Shoulder pain with neck pain and discomfort and neck stiffness and impaired neck mobility, numbness and pain in the upper limbs and fingers, and sometimes sensory impairment in numb fingers.

4. Muscle atrophy.

Frozen shoulder, muscles around the shoulder may be atrophied, such as deltoid, biceps, supraspinatus, etc.; Cervical spondylosis is manifested by atrophy of upper limb muscles such as shoulder, arm, and hand, but atrophy of intrinsic muscles in the hand is more common.

1. Frozen shoulder is mainly localized shoulder pain, and the pain is significantly aggravated during shoulder and arm lifting, abduction and rotation movements; It is characterized by dysfunction of the shoulder joint, inability to lie on the affected side, and more severe pain than at night, and generally no numbness in the fingers.

Cervical spondylosis is mainly pain and discomfort in the neck, shoulder and back, the pain of lifting and elevating the upper limbs will be reduced, the pain is aggravated by stretching and sagging, and the pain is radicular, mostly accompanied by radiological numbness or numbness of the fingers.

2. Frozen shoulder is most common in the tender points attached to the shoulder by the biceps of the humerus and along the anterior and posterior deltoid muscles or at the end of the humerus of the deltoid muscle, and there can be tender points between the acromion of the supraspinatus tendon and the greater tuberosity of the humerus, and individual patients can also have tenderness in the trapezius, infraspinatus, teres minor, etc.

Patients with cervical spondylosis often do not have tenderness in the shoulders but tenderness in the shoulders and back, as well as in the neck.

3. Frozen shoulder can induce dull pain and soreness in the active shoulder joint, and the pain is often limited to the shoulder, and will be accompanied by shoulder joint dysfunction, with limited lifting, abduction and rotation. There are no neurological symptoms such as sensory disturbances.

The pain of cervical spondylosis is often numbness, burning, radiating pain, and more thoughts of hand radiation, but there is no impaired movement of the shoulder joint; Shoulder pain with neck pain and discomfort and neck stiffness and impaired neck mobility, numbness in the upper limbs and fingers, and sometimes sensory disturbances in numb fingers.

4. Frozen shoulder may have atrophy around the shoulder, such as deltoid, biceps, supraspinatus, etc.

Cervical spondylosis is manifested as atrophy of upper limb muscles such as shoulders, arms, and hands, but atrophy of intrinsic muscles in the hands is more common.

Cervical spondylosis and frozen shoulder are both very common and are generally caused by long-term poor posture. Among them, frozen shoulder is generally caused by cold wind invading the shoulder and back, or by trauma, as well as long-term heavy physical labor in the shoulder position.

Cervical spondylosis is generally related to posture, and it is relatively related.

It can usually be relieved by exercise.

You can usually run, climb, swim, etc., which is helpful for both.

The neck and shoulder pain caused by cervical spondylosis is generally local, there is no tender point, there is neck pain and mobility disorders, but the shoulder function is still good, especially the ability to do shoulder abduction movements; However, frozen shoulder often has clear tenderness points at tendons, joint capsules, etc. in the shoulder, and the functional movement of the shoulder joint is obviously limited, while the neck movement is not hindered;