Frozen shoulder is a common cause of shoulder pain. But is it related to cold weather or to cold exposure? Could the cause of your shoulder pain really relate to the outer temperature of your shoulder joint?Frozen shoulder is also known as adhesive capsulitis and the two terms are used almost interchangeably. The use of the word adhesive relates to the fact that the joint surfaces inside the painful shoulder become sticky because of inflammation in the joint.Doctor's first recognized adhesive ca.