 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi livetoski,
Generally speaking in the UK, orthopods are disinclined to do anything about AC joint (that's what they shorten it to) separation unless the joint is complelety disrupted, as the results of surgery are no better than leaving it alone - you may be left with a "step" at the AC joint but the shoulder will ultimately function fine.
No idea about the canoe-ing history and wide gap though, sorry.
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Freddie - thanks for the info above, is it just a case of rebuild with weights and exercise to strengthen around the joint? after an AC separation, would it be likely to be weak for the foreseeable future?
just that I did mine about 7 wks ago playing rugby, and still not in good enough shape to do dips on (nearest exercise to replicating the injury circumstance I can think of).
obviously, any advice, opinions or otherwise that may be offered are taken entirely as opinion and no accountability, etc will be assumed...
Cheers,
Pete
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efcbluepete, OOCH 7 weeks, I am hoping that my old bones do not take that long I got alot of skiing to do this season 
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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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Hi livetoski - yeah - is ok for press-ups, lateral work, flies, etc but just cannot get past 1 dip without loads of pain, and therefore i assume i will suffer if i try to stop myself from falling when skiing. workign hard on the rehab in time for Feb (and to try to get a few games of rugby in before), but also suffered an ankle sprain as i started my rehab - not been a lucky autumn/winter for me so far!
just a case of build as best as possible around, I guess and hope to get enough strength to get past the falls without too much pain.
good luck with your rehab,
Pete
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efcbluepete, livetoski, most of the improvement occurs in the first THREE MONTHS - sorry it's not a quick process 
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livetoski, Mine's been separated for 13 years, you do get used to it and if you work at it you won't have any exercise problems, However as I age it is becoming slightly more painful.
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I seperated mine in April of one year, and after not resting it (and getting drunk and pulling it out of my sling and re-injuring on more than one occasion), I would say it started to feel "normal" again in maybe July or August. I would say rest and rehab and you are looking at a few months of recovery. What level separation was it, if they even classify like that over here?
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Pretty sure this is what I had after a drunken sledging accident a few years ago. Tthe french doctor initially diagnosed it as a sprain. It was only 6 weeks later, when it was still bothering me more than the broken arm I suffered at the same time, that I decided to go get it x-rayed. It was then described to me as a partial dislocation of the AC joint. They just gave me a new sling and told me to rest it.
There was no mention of it staying seperated or that it might give me any future problems and it doesn't. I do a lot of weights and don't remember ever feeling a twinge or aything in that shoulder. I think it was around the 3 month mark before I could put any real pressure on it.
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