A recent study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, researchers identified the people most at risk to develop adhesive capsulitis, including women between 40 and 60, people with diabetes and people who aren’t physically active.
Physical therapy can usually relieve the painful symptoms of adhesive capsulitis, followed by arthroscopic capsular release in patients who do not respond to several months of conservative treatment. The authors of the study also suggest that MRI or other imaging tests can be helpful, but are not necessary, for making the diagnosis.
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