Living with frozen shoulder causes significant physical and existential distress, highlighting the need for better support during the healthcare journey.
Alerts clinicians to existential distress in frozen shoulder; leaves open targeted support strategies.
This study illuminated the struggle to maintain a normal life while living with the significant pain, physical restriction, sleep loss and disability experienced by persons with Frozen Shoulder. Attempts to cope and adapt were impeded by the challenges of the healthcare journey. The uncertainty of these experiences was conveyed as being in "no man's land" an expression that reflected the existential crisis and impact on persons' sense of self.
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