Aim: to study the treatment results of 159 patients with injuries of the shoulder joint treated with and without physiotherapeutic treatment for the period from 2016 to 2019 on the basis of 6 City Clinical Hospital of Minsk.

Materials and methods. The author of the article studied the results of treatment of 159 patients with injuries of the rotator-bicepital complex of the shoulder joint with a prevailing horizontal component for the period from 2012 to 2019. In the study, patients were treated using physiotherapy using and without cryotherapy.

Results: It was found that physiotherapy using cryotherapy in the early postoperative period allowed us to improve the subjective feelings of patients and reduce the length of hospital stay from 9.2 ± 1.5 to 6.4 ± 1.4 hospital days.

Conclusion: The use of physiotherapeutic treatment with the use of cryotherapy and magnetic laser therapy allows for a shorter period of time to relieve pain in the postoperative period and reduce the duration of inpatient treatment.

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