Natural medicine with Megan Sheppard: Frozen shoulder and fallen arches

As a result of recent reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy, I have frozen shoulder, which has been a reoccurring problem down through the years. I am still healing from the surgery so anything you can advise would be of great help. I think that the scar tissue is part of my problem.

It sounds as if you have enough on your plate to deal with, so of course this is the last thing that you want to be dealing with as you are healing. This will be more difficult to treat using the typical gentle movement recommendations, since you don’t want to aggravate your surgical site(s).

Diet and herbal relief can help your situation though, so it is worth doing what you can to ease your pain. Caffeine is not your friend right now, since it limits the natural ability of the body to create endorphins to deal with pain levels naturally.