go swimming at the pool unless it hurts to actually swim… start slowly with a few lengths separated by just kicking and work up from that

it’ll do wonders and you might end up stronger in the end 🙂

it can always happen again,
so keep strong.
train with dumbells for the rest of your life.
I am serious, I had my first one when I was about 10 yrs old, then it happened another 4 times over the course of 15 years.
once on a monoski, alone and just a few minutes before the lifts were closing! the last time waterskiing in the evening, they had to cut me out of my wetsuit in the hospital! and everytime it will get more painfull.
so I followed my doctor’s advice to keep strong, and that’s what I have been doing the last 15 years, training with 5kg dumbells when I wake up. 😉

a dislocated shoulder really sucks!!
my right shoulder was injured 4 times (“swimming”, snowboarding, cleaning and gambling. don’t ask…) before the doc told me to undergo a surgery. this was 6 years ago. the following year i crashed my left shoulder, again while snowboarding. consequence: surgery.
and in 2004 i (more or less) completely ruined my right shoulder (again in the snow. (damn. maybe i should i try another sport… 😕 )), followed by the second surgery on the right side.

the problem with a dislocated shoulder is, that the dislocation-process can cause lasting damage on the shoulder. it’s not only the fact, that the shoulder is “on a wrong place” for a certain time, but it can happen, that a…hm…it’s hard to describe even in german…ok, the humerus (upper arm bone) “lies” in the shoulder-pan (is this correct?) and is fixed by a band (labrum), that goes around the pan. when the shoulder is dislocated it is possible, that this band is being detroyed at the point the shoulder went out. and due to this, it is probable that the shoulder will be dislocated again (and easier than the first time).
this happend to me, so i needed the surgery. the docs did a good job on my right shoulder, but since half a year i again have trouble with my left shoulder (without being injured. i have no idea why it’s aching; it occured while i was doing exercises in the gym (to stabilize the shoulders…looks like a counter-effect… 😡 ).

i think the online way to see a labrum-damage is a magnetic resonance imaging (i have no idea whether this is the correct term. it’s what the dictionairy says 😉 ).

were you able to set the shoulder back by yourself?

after “my first dislocation” it took about 10 days (+-) before it wholly stopped aching.

if it happens once again i would recommend you to visit a doctor.

regards, fabian (still waiting for the first tour in bc)

ps: sorry for my poor english

Those guys can make a grown man cry with a 2 lb weight!

Although I am quite fit, the weakness of 1 silly part in that stupid shoulder still shows when on a pulling-machine I have to pull diagonal upwards from inside to outside, then 2lbs still makes me cry. 😳
A constant reminder to keep strong!!!

The key to healing your shoulder is maintaining range of motion and not doing anything stupid for the next few months.

Young males have a 50 to 70% redislocation rate. You can greatly decrease your chances of being a chronic dislocater by not dislocating again in the next two months. If you let your shoulder heal and scar in it will be a lot more stable. But if you knock it out again before its healed you will do considerably more damage and probably stretch the tendons permanently.

Bottom line: protecting it now and skipping a few ski days may save you a lot of trouble down the road.

PS the most dangerous position is extension/abduction – like when you cock your arm back to throw a ball.

Man, it’s been too long since I’ve ridden SC. That video is awesome. Is that Mailbox or UCSC or other? Sounds like the shoulder isn’t too bad. Good job on seeing the doctor and PT.