re frozen shoulder and lawn mowing in article apr ux cts eiu edu cfaks ux 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 minute long effort can cause stiffness and cramps philippe
