[Magdalen] frozen shoulder (no Anglican content)

[Sibyl Smirl]

Reading late, as I usually am (and frequently _too_ late to make any 
useful reply to what I'm reading), I had the distinct impression on 
seeing this thread that it related to the common expression, "the cold 
shoulder" and that it was something about social skills.

That's a clear indication that I know zero about frozen shoulders, of 
course, but I had recurring episodes of something resembling bursitis, 
all my early life.  Never went to a doctor with it, but looked it up and 
read that the usual treatment for it was immobilization with a sling, 
pain-killers, and anti-inflammatory drugs, and for worse cases, doctors 
might prescribe steroids.  So I used Aspirin for both analgesic and 
anti-inflammatory, never wanted the hassle of a sling with no use of the 
arm, but did favor the arm (of course, the pain was a good reminder to 
put no strain on it), and eventually the episode always faded into 
history.  Until the next time.  The last time that I ever had it, I was 
in my late forties, and we were doing Sacramental Anointing of the Sick 
every Wednesday evening Eucharist at St. Philip's, with a lot of people 
going forward and kneeling at the Altar Rail for it.  I went up every 
week, for my chronic cyclical clinical depression, and it did seem to 
help it, but it always came back (I called it "Spiritual Dialysis"). 
Anyway, one week I happened to be in the middle of a bad spell of 
shoulder, and at the rail I prayed for that.  Nothing happened 
instantly, but an hour after Anointing the pain was much less, and by 
the following morning, all gone. (This was much too rapid to be typical 
for my "spells".)  I haven't had a speck of bursitis since then, more 
than twenty years.



On 3/16/17 11:57 AM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> Well, Chad, as they say, laughter is the best medicine.
> LOL.
> Ginga
>
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Much commiserations.
>>
>> Wish I could help, but, while we have lots of frozen shoulders here,
>> they're all by the side of the roads.
>>
>> Chad Wohlers
>> Woodbury, VT USA
>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>
>
>


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