Fucked up shoulder

[Dantheman]

14 weeks out. Saw my surgeon Tuesday and my progress has greatly exceeded his expectations given the magnitude of damage I had ("It was like a bomb went off in there"). He said he'd cut most people loose for unrestricted activity at this point, but knowing how I roll and how much damage I had he'd prefer I keep it dialed back a bit until around New Year's. Got cleared to ride the road bike now, and ski by mid-Dec if I keep it on the ground.

No dips or benching until January, wanted pushups to be limited, well controlled, and elbows tight. No restrictions on pulling as long as the progression is deliberate. Been doing full weigh static hangs and may have done two pullups yesterday.

[rideit]

New shoulder installed today. Everything seems to have gone smoothly. New type of nerve block is more advanced, I have had limited use of hand and fingers, so that’s cool.
I will update my recovery as I go…

[californiagrown]

New shoulder installed today. Everything seems to have gone smoothly. New type of nerve block is more advanced, I have had limited use of hand and fingers, so that’s cool.
I will update my recovery as I go…

Replacement? What kind?

My 72 hour nerve block wore off at 24 hours, and then came back everytime i did my pendulum swings for the next week. Weird.

[rideit]

Standard (not reverse).

[tgapp]

Oh man. Caught an edge today on some icy bumps and I think I subluxed my left shoulder, which I previously repaired after a blown labrum. I was able to get the humerus back in the socket with no issues, but now (a few hours post injury) I have some pretty severe weakness. Got my shoulder looked at in the clinic and it sounds like I didn't tear my rotator cuff or any of the big ones, I'm just worried about the weakness. Is that normal or is it an indication of more serious damage?

Plan right now is to take things easy for a few days and then start looking at PT exercises, mostly just looking for reassurance that weakness is normal after a subluxation.

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[snowaddict91]

Sorry Tgapp, that sucks!

Weakness has been normal for me after a subluxation or dislocation. It typically resolves in <one week. But I've never had an MRI so who knows what is going on with my shoulder at this point haha. I've actually been dealing with some weird occasional soreness after a nasty MTB fall a few months ago, I might have to resolve to finally having it looked at in 2025.

[Dantheman]

Weakness seems pretty normal, at least acutely. Tingling or loss of sensation would make me concerned, or if the weakness persists.

So it stayed out and you had to reduce it?

[tgapp]

Weakness seems pretty normal, at least acutely. Tingling or loss of sensation would make me concerned, or if the weakness persists.

So it stayed out and you had to reduce it?

I can't tell, I might have had to help it get back in or it could have done so itself.

Acute = a week or more in this case, right? It sounds like even for a minor subluxation, weeks+ is the norm

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[californiagrown]

I can't tell, I might have had to help it get back in or it could have done so itself.

Acute = a week or more in this case, right? It sounds like even for a minor subluxation, weeks+ is the norm

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I never had weakness from subluxations. MY shoulder would get varying levels of sore and stiff that would last days or weeks. The only weakness would be kind where a movement would be so instantly painful your body collapses the joint to protect it. N=1... every injury and reaction to the injury is a little different.

My $0.02: Give it a couple weeks for symptoms to improve or resolve. If little or no improvement by end of week 2 AND your symptoms are bad enough that it prevents you from doing activities its probably time to see an ortho to have it looked at. In the meantime keep the shoulder mobile with pendulum swings, passive ROM then active ROM stuff as tolerated. Reassess in 2 weeks whether you think you need to go into an ortho and get it scanned.

[Dantheman]

I can't tell, I might have had to help it get back in or it could have done so itself.

Acute = a week or more in this case, right? It sounds like even for a minor subluxation, weeks+ is the norm

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Definitely sounds like a bad sublux trending towards a dislocation.

The only weakness would be kind where a movement would be so instantly painful your body collapses the joint to protect it. N=1... every injury and reaction to the injury is a little different.

This is what I was getting at. Agreed with your rx.

[rideit]

Hey kids, I get my staples out tomorrow from my TSR.
Fucking amazing so far, damn, we should have done this three years ago.



To convey how awesome the shoulder replacement is so far, get this. I had the shoulder done on the 6th. I also had a sinus surgery 6 days later (do not recommend) I had to put on the dumb surgical gown on the 12th. Without giving it a moment’s thought, I tied the knot on the gown behind my back, perfectly. It took me a second to realize how ridiculous that was. My shoulder doc happened to be right there, coincidentally, it was pretty impressive.
No pain, no strain.
I can basically do everything I was scared of not being able to do. Cook, slice, play guitar, wipe ass, fap. I even went out and tried out using the electric leaf blower on the low-density snow to clear the deck.
Do recommend.

[Buzzworthy]

That’s some amazing news, stoked for you bigtime. I can tell you are too.

[John_B]

That's incredible rideit. I would have thought that would be a WAY longer and more tedious recovery. May it continue!

[californiagrown]

I am 10 weeks out now. I am about 90% functional with everyday life, but still easy to overdo it with too much and end up with a throbbing sore shoulder at the end of the day like yesterday where i raked leaves, built up my toddlers first real bike, did my 45mins of PT, picked up dogshit, washed and put away dishes, etc, etc.

I am still quite a bit ahead of where i should be at this point, but im at the stage where progress is slow and painful and not always linear. Its amazing how much smoother and better the PT exercises feel at the PT's office compared to how painful and grindy/pinchy they feel in my coldass garage at 530am despite doing everything i can to keep my body temp up by supersetting assault bike intervals with abs and PT exercises.

Wrapped up my last peptide injections earlier this week, and will just continue on with MK667 for the next couple months. I think i did a lot of things right, but the 1 BIG thing i struggled with, and still struggle with is getting good sleep. I wake up sore multiple times per night still, apparently groan in pain alot during the night (per the wife), and apparently sleeping on my back (compared sleeping my whole life on my stomach) puts pressure on my bladder so ive been having to pee in the middle of the night every night for the first time in my life. I had a handful of leftover 5mg vicodin and would take 1 on nights i was particularly sore, and it was noticeable how much better i slept (both in how i felt, as well as looking back at my fitbit's sleep log)... I have dialed in my sleep hygeine as much as possible but its still not good (hot shower, no screens 1hr before bed, warm sleepytime tea, ZMA, consistent sleep schedule, etc).


Every time i go back into the PT, he is always much happier with my progress than i am, which is a nice boost. But slow, painful, 1.5 steps forward/1 step back type of progress is rough. Just gotta trust the process and keep working at it head down.