My groin pain in the right leg is getting better, while a new pain has appeared in the left shoulder. It is typical frozen shoulder pain, which is caused by adhesions and stiffening of the shoulder muscles, joint capsule and other soft tissues. As for treatment, the doctor gave me a shot of a steroid called triamcinolone acetonide in my shoulder once a month.
Fortunately, the pain is only felt when raising my arm above the shoulder, so the pain does not directly affect running. I believed that the frozen shoulder was irrelevant to me because I constantly stimulated my joints and muscle mobility and relaxed my body through yoga.
Off the top of my head, massaging the armpits and shoulder is the first thing that comes to mind. I naturally do these basic massages properly, but aside from that, I have thought about the causes of soreness. The pain occurred first in the right leg and then in the left arm, which means that the pain crosses the body diagonally. This implies that I do not twist my body properly. When it relates to the shoulder area, the scapula first comes to mind, but when I looked into it more, considering the twisting, I came to the conclusion that it was caused by a tight thoracic spine. To be precise, I have already learned the importance of the thoracic spine through yoga, but I could not connect with my pain and the movement of the thoracic spine.
The thoracic spine is a spine between shoulder blades and helps keep the body upright. I watched Youtube videos on stretching the thoracic spine to understand the treatment, but it was surprisingly difficult to stretch the targeted area. With the shoulder blades, all I do is just rotate them in a circular motion. It is difficult to try to twist my body from the beginning without going through the steps, so first get the feeling of stretch and curl of the spine through the yoga pose “Cat-Cow”, and then try twisting as the next step.
The upper body is not twisted properly, so the movement to rotate the pelvis is poor. This results in a strain on the leg and loss of flexibility. Which comes first, the shoulders or the legs, though? Anyway, I hope that if the thoracic spine becomes softer and the shoulder and leg movements work well together, it will turn around.
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