 Poster: A snowHead
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I have a dislocated shoulder from a rugby incident, which has more or less repaired, anyway I have had a couple of severe falls over the last 15 months or so and have wrenched it.
The end result is I can swim 3km, do weights etc then sneeze and it partially pops.
Is there anything out there I can buy to protect from future falls from skiing, mountain biking etc?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Go see a good physio. They'll give you a regime to strengthen it.
Mine caused me problems for years until I built up the muscles round it properly.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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roche1800, Good advice from Mosha Marc, . I'd had 4 shoulder dislocations on the left, followed by surgery - years ago - then relatively recently dislocated my right one. Saw a fantastic physio & I've regained full movement of the right one, & I now have more movement in the left than I have had in 30yrs! Building up muscles in your back & shoulder blades will really help.
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Guys (I assume), thanks for the comments, I have been through physio etc and muscle build up, even done tri's and got to half iron man before k ee gave in (different storey).
What I am trying to ask ... Is there some sort of amazing strapping, brace or suchlike that will protect, when I fall/wipeout it is a biggy!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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roche1800, Gal in fact  I've not been offered or seen strapping/brace or suchlike. I think your only protection is strong muscles or surgery. Have you seen a shoulder surgeon?
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I don't think there's a brace that works, the range of movement in the shoulder is huge.
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roche1800, although I've not used one, the only shoulder brace I've ever seen that might actually work is a Sully. It used to only be available in the US which is why I never got one but it looks like the design's been sold to Donjoy so now is widely available. http://www.djoglobal.com/products/donjoy/sully-shoulder-stabilizer The support mentioned above by Glen Charman looks like it works on the same principle but is a reduced version of it.
FWIW, I came to the conclusion that weight/resistance training is the only real fix, assuming that the actual bone's not grooved and your tendon's not loose. It's a tricky balance between loading the joint to make it stronger and overloading it though. I found latissimus bar pull downs behind the neck really helped if you can get yourself a multigym (even though they're supposed to be dangerous for people with weak shoulders!) The relatively passive shoulder blade positioning and posture exercises that the physios advocated were pointless for me.
I'm a veteran of 30 left shoulder dislocations (and 2 operations) over about 15 years and 2 right shoulder dislocations. They're both ok now for normal life but I avoid contact sport. The left shoulder was an absolute nightmare as it never repaired properly the first time and was only improved 12 years after the first injury when surgical techniques had advanced. It took another 3 years to build up the muscle tone sufficiently for it to be properly stable.
I treated the right shoulder myself both times (they were genuine impact injuries several years apart) and apart from the collar bone clicking a bit due to an excess of scar tissue it's perfectly stable. The Teaching Consultant that I last saw uses my right shoulder as an example of "Why we operate on people and not MRI's". My supraspinatus tendon is completely torn and replaced with scar tissue, built up through resistance training. He told me he's never seen anyone with that injury who could even lift their arm up let alone have normal movement and stability. If your shoulder subluxes a lot but is generally stable you may have a tear in the glenoid labrum rather than the rotator cuff (but I'm not qualified to tell you that, internet advice, disclaimer, etc., etc.) Resistance band exercises will help that a lot.
Good luck with it. Fear of falling because of my weak shoulders was a mental skiing problem for me for years so you have my sympathy.
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roche1800,
There are braces available as suggested above , they tend to work by restricting the shoulder from getting into a vulnerable position..
If it is really troublesome , and physio not worked then consider seeing a shoulder surgeon.
Jonathan Bell
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