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I am absolutely sure it is an autoimmune attack on your joints. I am equally sure it has nothing to do with high blood sugars or physical damage. It gets confused with rotator cuff injury but it ain't the same.
I am sure because I have had all the same elements of autoimmune disorders as you - exactly the same history. But I have three sisters, only one of whom has type 1, one has hypothyroidism, and one has nowt at all (lucky girl). ALL FOUR OF US have had frozen shoulder, with onset in our forties, no previous injury.
The good news is, mine is better with only very slight loss of range of motion in my left shoulder. For me the onset was in 2007, and it was painful for a couple of years, range of motion back by 2013 or so. Still improving on left because I do weights and dynamic stretching.
I completely AVOIDED all physiotherapy because I read at the time that some physios actually treat for encapsulated shoulder, which makes it worse. And that it is better NOT to treat a true frozen shoulder.
That worked for me.
I have had dupuytren's for years, in my hands AND my feet. My hands are still completely flexible, as are my feet (though 'walking on marbles' bugs me sometimes), again -stretch exercises.
I'd read that too RuthW and decided to leave well alone and just put up with it. However, I've just been referred to my local orthopaedic hospital so we'll see what they say. Had a letter cancelling my 17sep appt so now it's on 21st sep instead.
I just started levothyroxine yesterday for an underactive thyroid. It was low in May but we were keeping an eye on it and not treating it due to a recent heart attack but my recent re-test showed my thyroxin level had plummeted to almost nothing in the last 3 months. I'm on 25mg every other day for a week then one every day until re-testing in Oct and possible dose increase if levels haven't gone up.
I wish there was some good research on the links between frozen shoulders, dupuytrens, trigger finger, carpal tunnel, thyroid under activity and heart disease!!