Anyone dislocated a shoulder?

[minux]

Sooo broke my arm and dislocated shoulder yesterday during a go kart race, have to see orth surgeon tomorrow.

Wondering how long people took to recover from a "severe" dislocation? What rehab was done, how long in a sling etc?

Not interested in any othr dislocations just shoulders.

sorry for bad typing only hsve one arm to use and its not my dominant arm

Cheers

[jules]

yep. crashed my brains out at Buller, slipped shoulder. went to physio - got told about 6 weeks of rehab before it could go back into action. after doing all the strengthening exercises, it still didn't quite feel right and this was confirmed when i fell a few months later - popped again.

more physio - "6 weeks" story again. jumped into water - pop. at hospital, got told 3 dislocations qualifies you for surgery. it's now right as rain.

after you do the rehab, you can feel if it's no good - it will be loose and the arm will move about too much in the socket. when you hold it above your head, it will feel like it's gonna fall out. if that's what it feels like, i can assure you it will, at some stage.

if you've got private cover, you might consider your options if you don't want to wait years under the public system. i lost about 2 years putting up with that bulls*** when it clearly needed surgery from day one.

shoulder dislocations hurt like ****

[one_and_only2004]

The brother did his a few months ago. Same story as jules - rehab for 6 weeks, then played football and it popped out again, rehab 6 weeks and then it popped out while he was at school. Now he's had a rebuild done on his shoulder and that's taken about 6 weeks to get out of the sling, and even then it's still not properly healed.

[vlv8vic]

How soon is the big day? Might pop it out again on the big night....

[jules]

Now he's had a rebuild done on his shoulder and that's taken about 6 weeks to get out of the sling, and even then it's still not properly healed.

it takes ages after surgery before it feels right. a lot of the worry is down to scar tissue, which i was worried was the ligaments being stretched or damaged, but it's not.

if you do the strengthening rehab work, in my case it's been good for years now. not perfect but pretty good.

my tip: learn to fall with your arm tucked in to your side - not outstretched in front of you - saves all sorts of potential injuries.

[minux]

yep. crashed my brains out at Buller, slipped shoulder. went to physio - got told about 6 weeks of rehab before it could go back into action. after doing all the strengthening exercises, it still didn't quite feel right and this was confirmed when i fell a few months later - popped again.

more physio - "6 weeks" story again. jumped into water - pop. at hospital, got told 3 dislocations qualifies you for surgery. it's now right as rain.

after you do the rehab, you can feel if it's no good - it will be loose and the arm will move about too much in the socket. when you hold it above your head, it will feel like it's gonna fall out. if that's what it feels like, i can assure you it will, at some stage.

if you've got private cover, you might consider your options if you don't want to wait years under the public system. i lost about 2 years putting up with that bulls*** when it clearly needed surgery from day one.

shoulder dislocations hurt like ****

Hurt like hell..i have broken both my legs at the same time and the pain was nothing like my shoulder yesterday, it without a doubt was worse pain i have ever felt.

I do have private cover and have an appointment with ortho tomorrow.

Cheers for the feedback guys, being reading much the same as what is posted here. Really not looking forward to the feeling coming back

How soon is the big day? Might pop it out again on the big night....

hah, not until december 5!

[sweefu]

hey i've done my shoulder twice but not really bad.. first time was smashed, me and my mate were play fighting n he hit us with a bit right hook in the right spot haha.
second time was after a day of motocross ... it was half out for 24hours until it got put back in haha.

i just saw an osteopath n he got it well sorted.

[HamaTime™]

6-8 weeks for full recovery.

[88GreenVN]

I'd take busted arm and dislocated sholder pain over my two back fractures and ruptured disk any day.

Try 5 years recovery to walk properly again. Foget running or bike riding

Good luck at the Doc's minux

[Devils_Thunder]

I have dislocated my left shoulder 3 times and it wasn't until i broke my left collar bone that i finally got it fixed.
Recovery was about 3-4 months for me to get full mobility back.

(Am currently off work for another 3 months for a dislocated knee, 6 months off work is not as good as you'd think!)

[VNexecutive]

How soon is the big day? Might pop it out again on the big night....

thats when they get top...

i broke my shoulder (i know thats different to dislocation) but i was in a sling for 14 weeks.

a mate from work stacked his motie on the way to work and dislocated his shoulder, was back at work within 2 weeks. all depends how bad you did it i assume. it'll never be the same again though.

[michaelw]

I dislocated my shoulder at the fairly weak end of the spectrum. I didn't go in for surgery but had a lot of physio. It was a few years ago now but every now and then I have to go to physio to get the knots in the muscle massaged out.

At the risk of stating the obvious don't skimp on the physio! It hurts and is boring but it sure beats constant aches and pains.

Mike

[BXHD]

i dislocated my shoulder about 4/5 years ago. i was riding a horse, i jumped off, it got a fright and ran off behind me and pulled me to the ground. i got up and my arm was hanging. it didnt hurt at first, i guess i was in shock a bit. then i tried to bend my arm and i stretched the tendons more.
i went to hospital and was waiting for over an hour with out painkillers for a doctor and an xray. i passed out from the pain lol.
then i got put to sleep and they popped it back in.
i was in more pain the next day, just sitting in the car, with slight bumps was agony. and the pain killers i had gave me a headache! awsm!
any way, i think i had it in a sling for a week, i was ment to have it in longer but i got sick of it. i wasnt allowed to move it at all. then i went to physio and got told to lift my arm up and it was REALLY hard, the joint siezed. i did excercises with a big elastic type band and then i started lifting a torch, LOL. and then really light weights. but my shoulder is completely F**ked to this day. i couldnt sleep on that side for about a year and every morning i would get up and it would click and pop. the thought of it makes me wanna vomit. and it has been fine the last few months until last week, i must have slept on it funny and itl have this uncomfortable feeling in it, then il streatch, and it will pop and hurt, but then feel a little better.

however my dad dislocated his shoulder really badly and he does weights at least three times a week, does dirt bike riding, footy, etc and his has never played up because he is really active. i think if i worked on it hard it might get a bit more normal. but i think i left it too late. and its ended up giving me neck problems because i favour that arm all the time, even 5 years later.. that work safe ad with the girl dislocating her shoulder makes me sick to my stomach!!

any way, good luck with ur shoulder. just dont be lazy like me and really work hard at physio and u should be ok. apparently mine is so bad because it was left out of the socket for so long the tendons really stretched badly.
Geesh, essay much? lol.

did u get it put back into the joint quickly?

[minux]

ok quick summary.

Going in for surgery due to the damage caused and lack of feeling in upper arm.

Recovery is meant to be 10x faster after surgery which is even better. I have no license now due to Dr not trusting me to NOT drive for next 4 weeks haha.

Have to say, without private health insurance it would suck to injure yourself.

[jules]

apparently mine is so bad because it was left out of the socket for so long the tendons really stretched badly.

shoulders dislocate in different ways. as it was explained to me, it's possible to dislocate your shoulder without tearing all the ligaments off the cartilage. some people get lucky. but if you do, no amount of weights or rehab is going to fix that - surgery is the only option.

[millaz88]

dislocated my shoulder yrs ago still does it every 5-6 months still hurts like **** every time ya just learn not to go into deep water from fear of drowning lol other then that its not that bad i just dont put it above me head as much as posible

[jahan_86vl]

that work safe ad with the girl dislocating her shoulder makes me sick to my stomach

Same! Every time that comes on I look away at that part

Iv done my right shoulder 4 times over last 2 years, it feels ok these days but I will have to get it checked out if it starts to hurt again, I tend to sleep on my left side and it makes a cracking noise every now an then,