Dislocated shoulder asking tips and rehab methods

[jasper125]

So i dislocated my left shoulder on a week ago and im curious if someone sufferd this before and how did you get it ready to ride again?

[Phathry25]

Keep it in the sling for as long as your doctor says!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's where I went wrong. Although it feels fine your muscles and tendons aren't recovered fully yet. If you resume use too soon they will never heal properly.

[ehm24]

After you're cleared you should work your shoulder out a lot and lift so that the muscle will hold it together and make it less easy for your shoulder to pop out again

[Robert196]

Keep it in the sling for as long as your doctor says!!!!!!!!!!!!

This. Dont try and move it around or anything, it will make it worse.

[m121c]

Once you're past the healing stage, work on strength as ehm said. What my physical therapy place stressed with me was stability, I did a lot stability exercises that involved body weight and control such as push ups on a BOSU ball, or push-ups with a medicine ball under the hurt arm and just the ground for the other, things like an arm bike, this thing called a body-blade, throwing/catching a medicine ball, etc. If you have physical therapy available I would take the opportunity, at first I thought it wouldn't be tough enough and it was just for old people, but they are like personal trainers when you go there, at least the one I went to was.

[WellsMX524]

Keep it in the sling for as long as your doctor says!!!!!!!!!!!!

This. Dont try and move it around or anything, it will make it worse.

[jasper125]

Yeah i gave it some rest for a week that is what my physical therapist said and i still have to give it some rest this week but i must do 5 drills a day of holding the bad shoulder at a 90 degree angle for 10 seconds. And wednesday i will start with the rehab program but my physical therapist said it will be probally 3 months till im back riding again.


how long did it take for you guys to get back on the bike?

[Phathry25]

A little less than a week for me. But it wasn't the right thing to do and ended up badly. After 3 dislocations the cup of cartalidge that the should sets in was pulled off the bone and floating. Couldn't ride for more than a minute before my entire arm would go numb because the bone on bone rattling and general looseness of the situation. Besides being able to dislocate it voluntarily as a sweet party trick I would have people hold the top of my shoulder with one hand and my humerous with the other and then move it around so they could hear/feel it rattling around. Aaahh good times. Lol.

One week of rest sounds too short for a dislocation. Did you separate your shoulder instead?

[Jaruro38]

Last tuesday I had surgery on my left shoulder because of that, just be patient and very carefull.