Well I had a rather lengthy entry the last time I tried this but it didn't save. So I'll give this another go. I dislocated my shoulder on 2/5/10. Long story short. I have a labral tear and will be under going surgery on 3/18/10. I'm going to write this blog as a type of therapy for myself and hopefully to inform others on what to expect, should they find themselves in a similar situation. I'm going to try and give updates regularly as I go through my journey. I plan on making my next post the day of or the day after surgery so that things are still fresh in my mind. Until next time...
"So it will feel like your shoulder is slightly disclocating" were the words I remember before the pain...
volleyball college player 13 months out, reinjury
By kelsey Brandl,
on 10-03-2010 03:55
I had originally injured my shoulder 2 years before i had surgery, when i had surgery it was a type two and i was playing college volleyball about 9 months after and i was doing pull ups missed the box and came down re pulled my arm. had a aurthogram. which was very painfull and even now after 1 day it is still painful and sore. but i had no tears in the shoulder which was a good sign. But I need an opinion, because the pain is so large.. i dont know what to do and i am already on pain killers. help please...
Have put up photos from when I broke my arm, hoping the shoulder op will be a walk in the park after that but know joints can be trickier than broken bones...
This was the output from May 2008 after the shoulder problem reoccurred and I decided to stay with physio as this was after about 8 weeks of physio and I was getting much stronger!!
So I'm going for another MRI after trying physio last time I hurt my shoulder. The physio seemed to get me to 90% but the shoulder has never been quite right and hurt it again two weeks ago lifting lightish weights and went bouldering/climbing 4 days after and it was still bad.
I do a lot of rock climbing, bouldering and racket sports so looking forward to hopefully being able to climb and play tennis, squash and badminton again!
6 months post-op
By Brad,
on 29-01-2010 18:04
I had surgery on my right shoulder july 28 2009. My doctor put one anchor and some sutures in. I was in good physical condition going into surgery. Like everyone else I wanted to recover as fast as possible, I took my sling off 6 days post-op on my own accord. I was carefull on what I did with my arm, I have a manual transmission so shifting was about the extent of my use. I started PT aug 8 2009. I progressed fairly fast in ROM and strength. I was cleared from my doc oct 14 2009 to return to full activity. Although I had good ROM and strength, my shoulder still hurts to this day. I researched the internet for people in the same condition. What I found is that it seems to take most people 1 year post-op atleast, (and thats with people that actually wrote about there slap tear recovery that late after surgery). That was really hard for me to soak up. I was doing so well in the first months of recovery I thought by this time I would back to my old self. Just until recently I am coming to grips with this fact, which is insanely hard for an active person. There are positive subtle changes that I am now picking up on. When stretching in the morning the pain seems to be less noticeable, I still get aches every once in while. I tried throwing a football recently and that doesn't seem to happening for sometime. That was not enjoyable. So those of you that feel maybe down or depressed TRUST ME you are not alone! I am now dealing with a plica situation in my knee. I know what it feels like down. Today is Jan 29 2010 I will be sure to write within a couple of months for an update. I hope a speedy recovery to all.
