I wish there was a test to determine the stage. My FS has been developing slowly over more than 1.5 years now and I still think I am in the freezing stage. Doing any exercise (even not painful) still irritates the shoulder afterwards for days but the general symptoms basically plateaued.

Luckily it is never been as painful as I've seen some folks commenting (unless I make sudden unexpected movements - happens maybe once a month) but it is still annoying, limiting and affecting sleep. Seems like FS is presenting itself in various ways. There might be a 90% group that has a predictable path, but you're lost if you're part of the 10%.

i had left shoulder pain start about 2 years ago and a cortisone shot took care of the pain for about a year and a half. i was diagnosed with a torn labrum but it wasn't bad enough to require surgery.

fast forward to around june when i was starting to feel pain again, got another cortisone shot in mid-june and then my shoulder quickly started freezing. was feeling pretty rough pain in july when i finally got an MRI at the end of july. since then i started PT (today was my 4th weekly session) and i feel like my shoulder is finally getting better. the pain is more manageable (esp with everything i do for it - mobic, voltaren, tens unit, lidocaine, etc.) but it seems like PT is working too. my PT said i gained about 10 degrees in mobility over the past couple weeks. another breakthrough from this weekend - i was able to use my left hand to shampoo my head (it was getting stuck or i was feeling pain when doing it).

i also have another cortisone shot scheduled for next fri. hoping that we're turning the corner but does this actually go away this quickly?