Building up that shoulder

no success stories here. popped mine out hundreds of times, did physio for a year. got a bankart repair, did physio for another year and i fell in a mineshaft and ripped the sutures out so now I can still pop it out. the main thing is to build the muscles and train yourself to know when to tighten them because when they're tight your shoulder can't pop out. mine doesn't pop out as much as it used to and it doesn't affect any of my regular activities other than being tender for a couple days after popping it out, but I still think about it and make sure it's strong.

not the best advice, but that's just what happened with me.

Started dislocating it two seasons ago. Had enough and had the arthroscopic repiar. Re tore it 5 months out of surgery not even skiing. Kept happening so this summer i just had the full incision repair with a bone graft and screws in my shoulder holdin me together. hopefully this one works haha.

crushed mine in the Febuary of 2010..

Had surgery three days later even though it was the first time I had dislocated. The ligaments were toast, and there were chips of bone that needed reattached. Since then, I have not knocked it out again. I played an entire season of soccer on it without any issues. Last ski season was certainly affected by it. I started to film a bunch but I got in a couple days of tossing myself on rails and whatnot. I had a couple solid crashes and I never popped it out. You should try to build up some strength on that rotator cuff as well as the surrounding muscles. The more muscle you have, the harder it will be to knock it out.(and the harder it will be to relocate)

Ultimately this is an injury that sticks with you. I'm sure I will dislocate again, but I want to take steps to prevent this.

Here is a good read on braces from brobomb.
http://brobomb.com/2009/11/disabled-list-dislocated-shoulder/


and good luck!

I kept dislocating mine. I would get it strong again and then it would happen again. They told me that no matter how much strengthening i did it would just keep happening. I got the surgery and have had a whole season without it dislocating. Strengthening is really important but at a certain point you just need surgery.

Ligament damage can be very debilitating.  I tore my labrum and rotator cuff playing soccer/skiing and let it go while I kept playing sports and just dealing with it.  Eventually we had to schedule surgery and I was in a sling for 2 months.  The rehab is tough and a long process, but it's definitely worth it if you need it.   I had surgery January 4th and I'm still barely at 90% mobility, I have to use thera-bands several times a week, I'm told it could take up to a year to get back to 100%.  I'm only 23 though and I don't want to spend the rest of my life with a bum shoulder, I'm constantly playing sports like a lot of us here and need the use of my shoulder.  You don't want to let that stuff go unattended like my uncle who can hardly get his arm over his head.  There's plenty of resources online as far as stretches and ways to use thera-bands for strengthening.  If you can't find any let me know and I'll scan what my doctor gave me.

keep on 'bating

Ive had both stage 2 ac separations in both my shoulders, and both still feel like they are never fully in, shoulder/colar bones suck

My shoulders are fucked... I highly suggest physio for a while, they'll give you some exercises and stuff to help strengthen important muscles and ligaments/tendons, and if you keep doing those you'll be well on your way. I did some physio and it really helped, most important thing is just regular strengthening exercises though.

If you've ever used a tension band I'd suggest just doing some light arm exercises with that, and if you have some fairly light weights then those are good too. Just make sure you feel the burn in your shoulder, not elsewhere in your arm. With mobility stuff just try to push it so that you have a decent range of normal movement... You don't need to stretch your injured shoulder into any weird positions to make it heal or anything. Just take it slow, be gentle with your shoulder and get used to the idea that you'll be taking 10-30 minutes out of your day to do physio every day.

If you've actually popped it out 4 times though you might be looking at surgery, really depends on the situation. Vibes, shoulder injuries suck. I literally feel your pain lol.

Awesome posts! Thanks a lot guys! I'm still lined up for an MRI, but at this point I don't think I would go into surgery until after ski season, until then, like you guys said, I'm going to be strengthening and stretching my shoulder everyday to hopefully build up some stability and keep it in there despite the damage that may already be done to the ligaments.

yep jus' jerkin

I orignally dislocated my shoulder while kayaking, and after that i popped it out 4 times while skiing, playing basketball, and surfing. So my shoulder has popped out 5 times now. And it sucked.

waiting for surgery and MRI's has to be the worst..especially when you've rehabed it for several months and it just starts to feel better and then you get your surgery date and its time to start from scratch.

Im dealing with a grade 3 ac joint separation right now (as i struggle type this with one hand) PT is a huge part of recovery, you have to stick with the pt routine no matter how lame the stretches seem.....just make sure you go to a sports clinic and not grandma type physio :p