May 23, 2021 by Julie Metz · Body

My Shoulder Is Killing Me! Why This Kind of Pain Is a Feminist Issue

Her arm was immobilized; her pain was intolerable. And it was made much, much worse when medical insurance refused to properly cover her treatment. Julie Metz shares her story.

I hadn't heard of frozen shoulder syndrome until a few years ago, when I was suffering through acute pain. I certainly didn't know it was connected to menopause. You would think somewhere along the way I would have learned about this, since I am a menopausal woman. But it's just one of the aspects of this medical condition that is infuriating.

To explain, it helps to tell you a story of one snowy Christmas in Wisconsin:

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