Messed up shoulders

marsland

marsland

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hokay so a year and a half ago i dislocated my shoulder for the first time. skating, i suck at skating. did my pt and everything they told me, it was fine until this year when it happened again longboarding. i went to my doctor and he gave me the surgical preparation sheet, which i was not happy about. since this summer, its come out more than 20 times, including multiple times pretty much every day for the past week.

my questions are: how much permanant damage can i do to my shoulder by just letting it go for the time being and continuing skiing? i really dont wanna sit out this whole season since i missed the end of last year, and the pain is bearable and i can usually ride after like 5 minutes of sitting out?

and how is the surgery for repairing a dislocated shoulder. the doctor told me that its like 2 months in a sling, then 2 months of hard PT. im concerned about my motivation to go to class if im fucked up or have to do a ton of physical therapy.

if i come up wtih any more questions ill post them in here
 
i havent dealt with surgery, but ive fucked up my shoulders a whole lot.left shoulder: dislocated (x2), torn bicep at the head of the muscle, bersitis (?), contusions (gnar bruises)right shoulder: dislocated (x2), type 2 separation, torn rotator cuff, contusionsbasically, if i throw a ball more than once or twice, it hurts like shitim not really sure how bad you can damage it, so id say shred on, but if youre hurting yourself then youll know to do the right thinggood luck, hope that helped
 
The longer you wait, the longer your recovery will be. Just get the surgery, you'll be better off in the long run.
 
My brother' shoulder separated when he was skiing and he had to have surgery which wasn't that bad or intrusive. To be frank, I would get the surgery asap. I think that if you don't get it, you could further hurt your shoulder so that the recovery time is super long. If you do, you might be out for the ski season, but there's always next year when you know that it's A-ok to do work on the slopes
 
Once you separate your shoulder once, it just becomes super easy to dislocate/separate. It only gets worse (sounds like you have it really bad). I think surgery is the only thing that can help you get back to being able to keep it in.
 
i separated my shoulder two summers ago, and when it still was bothering me more than a year later i thought that shit was never going to feel 100 percent again.. but now it feels absolutely fine
not nearly as intense as your situation but im just saying that injuries always seem to me like they continue forever but eventually they will heal, hopefully
 
I feel your pain. The same thing happens to me. My shoulder has popped out at least 20 something times since last winter but i never went to the doctor. I usually just pop it back in and then go back to doing what i was doing. then about 2 weeks ago it popped out so bad that i couldn't get it back in so i had to go to the hospital. they couldnt believe that my shoulder was just popping out on a regular basis and said i would probably need surgery. Basically, I'm just going to take it a little easier this winter and worry about my should after the season is over. You don't want you whole ski season ruined by your shoulder, you know? If you can deal with it for the winter, I say just do that.
 
Just get the surgery, you'll be alot happier in the long run. I fucked up my shoulder in football and it was just a recurring injury until i really fucked it up skiing. I ended up exploding my shoulder, dislocated it forward, snapped my humerus in half, and tore part of my bicep and most of my front tendons. I had to get surgery and two permanent screws and was in a sling for 8 weeks with no physical therapy afterwards. (i ended up just doing alot of running and some light weight training with it on my own since it was track season)
Only problem i get now is buildup of some fluid or something in my shoulder which means i have to pop it alot. Otherwise it starts to feeling weird and sometimes hurt if i dont.
 
One thing i did forget to mention is that it took my about 6 months to get up to full strength with my shoulder again without PT.
 
dislocations are entirely different from separations...

a shoulder dislocation involves your arm coming out of your shoulder joint (the ball and socket)

a shoulder separation is a tear of your AC joint (what connects your clavicle to your shoulder blade)
 
same..before i got the surgery my shoulder would pop out about twice a day from just doing things like getting dressed. My surgery was in july, and i just got cleared to have fun last week.
 
as for the damage you're doing with continued dislocations and the recovery time you will need from surgery, those are going to be specific to your situation and are questions for your doctor. i had surgery last summer and it was about 6 months before i was back at it full tilt. no problems since, just wrapped up a big kayaking season injury free. get the surgery and be religious about your physio, good luck!
 
well it will get to the point where everything you will do will dislocate your shoulder. i got to the point where i couldnt even throw a ball without my shoulder coming out. so i got surgery and it was 10 weeks in a sling the whole time doing physical therapy. after i recovered i have dislocated it a couple times since. but i sublux my shoulder like 1 a month but im a real pussy about it now. most recent sublux was two days ago and i was just stretching. so it will become a big inconvenience
 
do the surgery. i did the same thing and waited too long. once i had the surgery and dealt with pt, it was the best thing i have ever done. youll be happier in the end.
 
is it common to continue to have problems with dislocations even after surgery? I don't want to be put out of commission for 2 months for nothing.
 
well the solid fact of the matter is that once your shoulder has dislocated it will never ever be the same. and another thing is that skiing is a dangerous sport.

however surgery definitely helped and i would recommend getting surgery if your shoulder is that bad. however know that your shoulder will never ever again be 100%. and you should follow and do your pt 100%.
 
im sure that being able to flex a 5 pound resistance band isnt something that i have to work up to. the whole time i did pt when it first happened, thats about as much as they did for me. so if i can do that immediately after it happens now, whats the point of paying to waste my time doing that.
 
dont post shit like this, if you couldnt take the time to read dont take the time to post that you didnt read.
 
So opening day this season (PC) I landed way hard directly on my shoulder, turns out I actually broke by humorous at the part where the tendons attach. Somehow I don't need surgery. But for a while they thought it was my labrum (shoulder dislocating thing) and you HAVE to get surgery or it will get to the point where surgery wont even fix it, and you will be screwed up forever.
 
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