Standard Frozen shoulder treatment primarily consists of pain relief medications and prolonged terribly painful physical therapy for months and often years. Most patients find little relief with standard treatments and become increasingly frustrated, debilitated and often depressed as their quality of life continues to erode.

The revolutionary OAT Procedure involves using the specialized Trigenics neurokinetic procedures for immediate shoulder mobilization with non-surgical dissection of the scar tissue in the shoulder joint capsule and its associated bursas. Patients are immediately able to put their arm up beside their head following the short procedure.

Although patients are able to functionally move and use their shoulders with excellent ranges of motion, it is still recommended that they attend for supportive follow up rehabilitation care to fully restore muscle tone and strength which will have become weakened due to prolonged immobilization. Supportive Rehabilitation can be carried out at the World Shoulder Clinic or at a therapy clinic of your choice. Rehabilitation  is often carried out over a period of 1- 6 weeks depending on the severity of the FS and the distance traveled by the patient for treatment. No surgical dissection instruments are used and no actual cutting or incisions of tissue is performed requiring sutures. The majority of results are usually obtained in the first visit. Each procedure lasts no more than 30 minutes with the dissection itself taking place in a matter of minutes. (Follow-up rehabilitative care with specific Trigenics Myoneural Exercises and self treatment procedures are provided for time between visits.) The procedure is practiced in only 2 locations worldwide and is currently only being performed by its originator, Dr. Allan Gary Oolo Austin (www.droolo.com) who is also the originator of Trigenics Functional Neurology. (www.trigenics.com).

Patients attending the World Shoulder Clinic in Canada may elect to take sedatives and painkillers prior to their treatments however some elect to undergo the procedure without medication. The World Shoulder Clinic in Europe offers the option of undergoing the procedure with the injection of local anesthetic which substantially mitigates reflexive contracture and pain during the OAT. The OAT manual surgery procedure using injuection of local anesthetic has been extremely successful and is the first of its kind in the world. It is felt to be a much better choice than performing manipulation under general anesthesia as it is performed with the patient fully conscious and interactively participating in the procedure to ensure than no damage occurs to the joint or surrounding tissues.

Patients attending for treatment from other countries can be provided with accommodations and most will attend for at least one week although other options are available if time is limited for those with busy business lives.

Dr Oolo Austin specializes in shoulders. He currently teaches Trigenics Functional Neurology to doctors and therapists worldwide and also instructs courses on Shoulder diagnosis and treatment at various learning institutions worldwide. He is a visiting professor at Tallinn University, Dept of Health and Sports Sciences.