Frozen shoulder guide

Frozen shoulder treatment online in Virginia and West Virginia

This guide is for gradually stiffening shoulder pain without an injury, most often ages 40 to 65, not for exertional chest pain, sudden weakness, or an arm that drops.

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Start a $59 online review for Frozen shoulder.

Review for adults, most often between 40 and 65, with a gradually stiffening and painful shoulder in which both lifting the arm and having it lifted for you are limited, with no injury: education about the stages, a daily home stretching program, and at the physician's discretion a bounded topical or screened oral anti-inflammatory course composed by hand. A first examination is still recommended to confirm the diagnosis.

If treatment is appropriate, your physician can send a non-controlled prescription to your pharmacy and provide portal instructions for the next step.

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Quick facts

You must be physically located in Virginia or West Virginia at the time of request.
Starts at $59
No insurance needed
No app download
Physician review around the clock
Non-controlled prescriptions can be sent to your pharmacy when appropriate
A work or school note can be included when medically appropriate
Response windows: 24/7, every day

Common symptoms

Months of gradually increasing shoulder stiffness and pain
Trouble reaching behind the back or overhead
Worse at night
Often in someone with diabetes or a thyroid condition

May fit online care

Adults 18 and older
Gradual onset over weeks to months, no injury
No exertional chest pain or shortness of breath
No sudden weakness or an arm that drops
Age 40 to 65 typically, with diabetes or thyroid disease if under 40

Look for another care setting

Shoulder or arm pain that comes on with exertion, or with chest pressure, shortness of breath, sweating, or nausea
A hot, red, swollen shoulder with fever, or a visible deformity after a fall or dislocation
Sudden weakness or an arm that drops when lowered slowly
New numbness, tingling, or hand weakness, or constant pain at rest

What to have ready

How many months the stiffness has been building
Whether you have diabetes or a thyroid condition
Whether this is your first evaluation for this shoulder
How the stiffness affects reaching behind your back or overhead

What happens next

Standard

$59

Within 6 hours

Priority

$99

Within 3 hours

Rush

$149

Within 1 hour

Start the request on the website, answer the fit questions, and choose the response window you want. If the concern still fits this service, a physician reviews it and sends a secure update after sign-in. When appropriate, non-controlled prescriptions can be sent to your pharmacy, and a basic work or school note can be included at physician discretion.

Your physician

Every visit is personally reviewed by Ankur Fadia, MD — board-certified, cardiology-fellowship-trained, and Alpha Omega Alpha. Licensed in Virginia and West Virginia — your care is never handed off.

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Do I need an in-person visit first?

A first examination is still recommended to confirm frozen shoulder rather than another cause of stiffness. This lane is meant to support the plan between visits once the diagnosis is established.

How long does frozen shoulder usually last?

It typically moves through freezing, frozen, and thawing stages over many months to a couple of years. Daily stretching within tolerable pain and staying active with daily tasks are the mainstay of care.

What if stretching isn't enough?

If pain limits stretching after 4 to 6 weeks of home care, an in-person visit can arrange a steroid injection or supervised physical therapy.

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