Dislocated shoulder ligaments

[Stylo]

Been 4 months now since I dislocated my shoulder ligaments, big hit but no surgical repair needed. I think the stage down from that so I'm lucky.

Still having problems with them 'moving around' occasionally though eg even when I'm using a can opener or even putting the washing on the line ..( Orders from the Minister of internal affairs )

Riding a motorcycle ? - forget it, bike's too heavy. Still in Physio and doing the exercises as I'm told.

How long till they come right for anyone who's had the same problem ?

[F5 Dave]

Haha. Internal affairs. I'll have to steal that. No experience, but washing on line with a plated clavicle rung a bell as a drag.

Heal well man and don't push it too early.

[skippa1]

Been 4 months now since I dislocated my shoulder ligaments, big hit but no surgical repair needed. I think the stage down from that so I'm lucky.

Still having problems with them 'moving around' occasionally though eg even when I'm using a can opener or even putting the washing on the line ..( Orders from the Minister of internal affairs )

Riding a motorcycle ? - forget it, bike's too heavy. Still in Physio and doing the exercises as I'm told.

How long till they come right for anyone who's had the same problem ?

Did mine when in March, jez theyre a fuckin pain. Have been doing physio, had accupuncture, strapped up and been super careful but fuck the injury limits you. Doesnt help being on crutches at he moment either.....

[HenryDorsetCase]

Been 4 months now since I dislocated my shoulder ligaments, big hit but no surgical repair needed. I think the stage down from that so I'm lucky.

Still having problems with them 'moving around' occasionally though eg even when I'm using a can opener or even putting the washing on the line ..( Orders from the Minister of internal affairs )

Riding a motorcycle ? - forget it, bike's too heavy. Still in Physio and doing the exercises as I'm told.

How long till they come right for anyone who's had the same problem ?

about a year. I fell off a mountainbike pretty hard a few years ago and instead of breaking my collarbone I kind of pushed it sideways and up.

MRI and ultrasound. Doc said that I had stretched the shoulder ligaments and they would neve be right. My shoulder now sits lower than the other one. The exercises were fucking painful and went on for six months. The advice I had is that you need to build up the muscles around the ligaments so as to hold every thing in place. I train in an upper body intensive way - no heavy weights but a lot of reps with light weights and a lot of push ups and not enough pullups.... Shoulder is OK. Occasionally gets twinge-y but havent had too much problem.

Shoulders and knees are the worst injuries. They are so debilitating, and take such a long time to recover from

do what they tell you, and be serious about the rehab.

[F5 Dave]

Different injury, but I had physio exercises with a stick behind my back using one arm to move the other. I used a pair of handlebars. My motivation was to ride again. I surprised the physio with my progress. Determination and a goal. Be that person.

[eldog]

It's been 18 months and only just recently has it started to feel close to ok. The doc didn't think it was worth going to physio, as it was a week after the event. Couldnt move my arm at the shoulder for a week. Although not dislocated or broken collar bone(the doc reckoned I was very lucky not to break that wits the symptoms I had).
It has taken 18 months for it to be back to normal. I haven't really done any exercise just built up strength as per normal activity without straining it.
Had some other injuries in the mean time which has meant that riding was stopped for a few months(on going recuperation slowly) and only now I am almost starting all over again.
The worst parts were blaming myself and accepting fate. Thinking about the pain and the injury. The best parts have been working slowly to get the injuries fixed and realising I wasn't noticing the injuries in a day to day situation and how much improvement I have made.

Perhaps the greatest thing was talking to others and seeing my injuries were just that. People like Skippa here have far worse problems than me and for that I am grateful.

18 months isn't long for the first. So now just got 12 to fix the other ones. For me slow steady and repetitive stretching and strength building has been the key.

[5ive]

Slightly related.

I have a friend who I had studied with, who decided that he didn't like indoor office work because of enjoying outdoor physical work more, so afterwards went and focused on a trade. He ended up doing an advanced plumbing apprenticeship, and once fully qualified found himself almost immediately in a similar situation.

One of his shoulders gave out due to his work (may have been a pre-existing condition that was aggravated), and after at least a year or two of being out of work on ACC, finally got the surgery needed to fix the ligament(s) in his shoulder.

Bad luck on the work front, right? It's worse. His son is one year younger than mine, and was born at almost the same time of his injury.

For the first year or two, before and after his surgery, he could not solely look after him, meaning his wife had to bring in the sole income, pay the mortgage, and take time off work to look after the child when she could. My friend could not even lift him up, or care for him properly.

My friend eventually got managerial/sales work through his previous employers and contacts in the plumbing industry, so was able to go back to work full-time off the tools, but his shoulder took a long time to heal, and he'll never be able to go back to fully using it for heavy work, which was his passion. He'd spent more time learning and being an apprentice than actually doing the job fully qualified...

The bright side is, he is a really nice guy, and no matter the strain on his relationship with his wife thoughout that time, the depression he suffered because of it, or the loss of quality time as a father during that time, he has fully made up for it. The stuff he's done with his son, and the time he's spent with him since is above and beyond, I'm a little jealous, and also a little guilty for not doing the same. Something I've worked on since, and continue to this day. My friend is a good role model.

Throughout the whole time my friend never complained, or whinged about his pain, suffering, or lack of mobility or employment. His friends or family don't know how much pain and suffering he went through because he was too embarrassed to tell anyone. He just closed himself off.

I did a few beer runs to cheer him up because I knew he was down, and I knew the struggles of being a new father, and the change of lifestyle, plus the added stress of their financial situation meaning he couldn't even afford an occasional drink.

I would also regularly drop in randomly on other occasions on my bike during that time to see him, his wife and son, because they never went to see their friends that often anymore, and it was easy for me to do because I had a motorcycle. So easy to get through Auckland traffic at any time of the day.

He's doing well now, his shoulder is better, and after two years of healing (but at least 4 years of suffering), he now wants a motorcycle.

Probably my fault...

Good luck with your shoulder, it may probably take longer than you'd like, but stay positive

[Corse1]

Generally a year is about right. That's what I was told and it seemed to go on for ever. After a year it tapered off and about a month later I thought, hang on a minute I haven't felt any pain for a couple of weeks.

Also they say that for most shoulder injuries, even minor, it takes a year due to the repeated movement of the joint and the inability to rest it.

[Maha]

With a little help from a bottle of Appletons and wet conditions I busted my Rotator Cuff. It took six months or so to come right with not being able to lift my arm 6-7 inches before the hurt. As a contractor at the time I had to keep working.

[Ocean1]

People like Skippa here have far worse problems than me and for that I am grateful.

Rotator cuff damage from falling down. Took about a year to get anything like full strength back, but the worst part was not being able to sleep because of the pain from the position the shoulders were in.

Occasional ongoing niggle, but it's much better 5 years later.

[Big Dog]

First rotator cuff tear went undiagnosed for about 12 years. With several docs just saying they could not see the reason for the pain.
With no accompanying trauma I was just given diclofanac when it was bad.
Then quite by chance I was seeing a physio about back pain and he noticed my posture was of centre and my range of motion was only about 90%.

Couple of scans later it was decided I had a small tear. 12 weeks of physio later no pain for about a year. Until I fell through a deck and tore the same cuff with a medium year.
12 weeks of physio and about 3 months of favoring it and it was all better except for really cold and damp mornings.
2 years later I was hit from behind at a give way.
Long tear of the same cuff and a suspected dislocation. Not dislocated by the time of the x ray / ultrasound but trauma consistent.
That was another 12 weeks of physio and realistically 2 years before I had full range back. 8 years on I still get the occasional pain.
Probably would have healed better if I didn't drive a keyboard for a living.

The worst thing about a torn rotator is no one can see it so you have to manage other people's expectations of what you can do and be patient with your progress.
The next worst is how easily it will tear again in the future.
All the of mine could have been laid one over the other if it were not the differing lengths.

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[Crasherfromwayback]

Dislocated my shoulder in Oct last year. Was out of it's socket for nearly 5 hours. Three days later when I still couldn't use my arm, I sent myself to the Dr. Silly Old Bat didn't even look at it, told me to book in to see a physio and to take more pain medication. By the time I got in to see a physio (three weeks after the fact), I was still purple from my armpit to my wrist. He sends me to a specialist (hello Old Bat Dr), and low and behold, I'd smashed the front out of the shoulder socket, split the head of the humerus, tore two tendons clean off the bone, and totally ruptured the rotator cuff. I'm still waiting on surgery, and have since torn the bicep clean off the bone. They tell me this has nothing to do with the original injury. Tui anyone? They'll not re-attach the bicep either.

So any of you cunts I've threatened to smash in the face...now's your chance.

I'm talking to you, Sable. You pussy arsed gay cunt. You've gone mighty quiet on it since I let you know I know who you are.

Shoulders eh!

[Stylo]

Dislocated my shoulder in Oct last year. Was out of it's socket for nearly 5 hours. Three days later when I still couldn't use my arm, I sent myself to the Dr. Silly Old Bat didn't even look at it, told me to book in to see a physio and to take more pain medication. By the time I got in to see a physio (three weeks after the fact), I was still purple from my armpit to my wrist. He sends me to a specialist (hello Old Bat Dr), and low and behold, I'd smashed the front out of the shoulder socket, split the head of the humerus, tore two tendons clean off the bone, and totally ruptured the rotator cuff. I'm still waiting on surgery, and have since torn the bicep clean off the bone. They tell me this has nothing to do with the original injury. Tui anyone? They'll not re-attach the bicep either.

So any of you cunts I've threatened to smash in the face...now's your chance.

I'm talking to you, Sable. You pussy arsed gay cunt. You've gone mighty quiet on it since I let you know I know who you are.

Shoulders eh!

So, no chance of an arm wrestle then ?

Sounds like you've done a good job with that one mate.

Shoulders are cunts, true. Good luck with that. I'm healing albeit slowly, not the first time for me either

P.s who the fuck is 'Sable' ?

[Crasherfromwayback]

So, no chance of an arm wrestle then ?

Sounds like you've done a good job with that one mate.

Shoulders are cunts, true. Good luck with that. I'm healing albeit slowly, not the first time for me either

P.s who the fuck is 'Sable' ?

Lol. Only with me left arm mate! And yeah...they are indeed bad things to fuck up.

*Sable*, is this total wanna be tough cunt on this site. Leaves insulting messages in the rep area, yet when challenged, shows his? true colours and disappears. He's all tough talk until you let him know you know who he actually is. Then he's silent as a mouse.

[Stylo]

Lol. Only with me left arm mate! And yeah...they are indeed bad things to fuck up.

*Sable*, is this total wanna be tough cunt on this site. Leaves insulting messages in the rep area, yet when challenged, shows his? true colours and disappears. He's all tough talk until you let him know you know who he actually is. Then he's silent as a mouse.

'Discretion is always the better part of Valour '

Good luck with that, the only person I have a problem with is the wanker who started his chainsaw up next door this morning at 8am.

Just as I arrived home after an all night shift .