Acupuncture Treatment for Frozen Shoulder Treatment for frozen shoulder is not limited to physical therapy; combining it with traditional Chinese acupuncture and changing your sleeping posture can be more effective. Due to internal deficiencies of qi and blood—such as aging, physical weakness, and depletion of qi and blood in the liver and kidneys—the tendons lose proper nourishment. This allows pathogenic factors like wind, cold, and dampness to invade the shoulder meridians when the body is vulnerable, leading to stagnation of qi and blood and stiffness in the tendons and meridians. Alternatively, external factors such as exposure to wind, cold, and dampness, or untreated injuries to the muscles and bones, can also result in functional decline. Acupuncture