By Dr. Jeffrey Peng, MD · Published March 4, 2026 · 8 min read Watch the Full Video Frozen shoulder — clinically known as adhesive capsulitis — is one of the most frustrating conditions I treat in my sports medicine practice. Patients often arrive having received conflicting advice: some were told to wait it out, others to get surgery, and many were never informed about the full range of evidence-based options available today. In this comprehensive guide, I break down every

Written by Dr. Jeffrey Peng, MD — Board-Certified Sports Medicine Physician Published: March 1, 2026 | Last Updated: March 1, 2026 Shoulder pain is one of the most common complaints I see in my sports medicine practice, and certain patterns consistently stand out as early warnings of a more serious underlying problem. In my experience, patients who recognize these signals early and seek evaluation tend to have significantly better outcomes than those who wait until the pain