Hello Tim, thanks for the comment. Fixing my shoulder flexibility was a matter of time and patience. When I was able to move it just a bit ( after over two years of severely limited range of movement), I started doing machine guided overhead presses. My left shoulder (the one that was frozen) was much weaker than the right but over about six months, it caught up. Holding on as well as I could with my left hand meant the movement of the machine forced a stretch in the left shoulder as I was pushing mainly with my healthy right shoulder. I wasn't training anywhere close to failure, as my left shoulder gave way far sooner than that. It was a case of forcing the movement.

After that I was able to start squatting again, with light weight. Having my hands on the bar gave me a stretch in the shoulder and forearm that was almost unbearable, but I kept it going.

In between those movements, I kept up my physio. The best exercise was lying face down on the floor, and trying to draw an arc around my body with my hands flat on the floor and my arms straight.

Eventually I began haging from a bar as if I was about to do a chin up. That was extremely hard, as I'd not been able lift my left arm at all for years. After a few weeks I was hanging with straight arms, major improvement. Finally (about 3 and a half years after the initial freezing) I started doing dumbell pullovers. That helped with those last few inches of range.

It was a very slow process. I had forzen shoulder once before in my twenties (I'm in my forties now) and it resolved within six months, so when it happened this time around, I was optimistic. In the end it took four years!

That's probably not what you want to hear. obody Nwants their training to be hindered for such a long time, but that's the way it was for me.

Currently I've had to drop squats (and just about all weight bearing exercises altogether) becuase of an ankle injury. So, back to square one. I have to climb the mountain again.

Good luck with your training.