How does the shoulder gets dislocated?

Dislocated shoulder Q & A
I asked myself 100 questions a day related to the injury. I haven’t found anything useful on the Internet. Nothing helped there. Reading horror stories about dislocation just demotivated me. check over here

Interestingly, I noticed that people who had this injury reoccurred never mentioned they exercised before. They were just full of “God, why me!?”. So that intrigued me into thinking maybe most people aren’t aware of the possible solutions or don’t believe in them. This was my main driving force for writing this Knee Pain Treatment In Mumbai article.

In case you are that one unlucky person having trouble with recovery for a very long time. I hope to give you a fresh and decent amount of motivation in the form of tips, stories, conclusions and techniques.

Why I can’t move my arm even an inch?
Did I injured an important nerve and lost the ability to move? After 2-5 days after injury, I wasn’t able to move my arm, except the fingers and forearm. It was due to the body self-protection mechanism after injury. Our body turns off the nerve system in the area, so we are unable to harm ourselves and end up almost numb in this area. Also, the body stiffs muscles in the area to hold bones in one position, just like a stabiliser. It was explained to me by one of my physiotherapists.

Any diet recommendations?
From what I learned from the doctor diet doesn’t make the difference. Taking collagen seems pointless as young men are prone to this injury due to high amounts of collagen in their joints making them more elastic and vulnerable.

How fast do the muscles shrink?
I remember that was my first question the next day. I can say they shrink pretty fast. But shrinking isn’t the biggest problem – the stretch and contraction is the bigger problem. My hand was very slim after two weeks with no movement, but I wasn’t aware that gaining muscle mass is easy in comparison with getting a contraction and stretch range back. I started very gentle exercises on the 5th day after the injury after consultation with a doctor.

What are dislocated shoulder symptoms?
Unbearable pain

For instance, when we fall and hurt our leg we do feel strong pain just for a while. But with a dislocated shoulder, this pain doesn’t go away. I was laying for a moment thinking this pain will go away in a few seconds. When I noticed the pain is not fading I knew something is seriously wrong.

Not able to move

Can’t move the arm is one definite symptom of a dislocated shoulder. I was able to move my hand and all fingers but movements involving the shoulder weren’t possible.

Sticking our collar bone

Since the bone is much lower after the dislocation of symptoms is collar bone will be standing out.

If you have a history of dislocated shoulder your symptoms may be different.

Will the visualisation technique help for a faster recovery time?
You’ve probably heard that Olympic athletes are using visualisation to improve performance. I tried that myself. I couldn’t move my shoulder, but every day in the initial stage I try to sit in a quiet place put on headphones play favourite tunes and imagine that I’m waving my hand freely. I can’t tell if that helped. It made my physiotherapists smile when I told them about it. Once we even tried it on the session. One thing I noticed was that the muscles became stiffer while I imagined the movements.

What is Anterior shoulder dislocation?
It’s when the bone is dislocated forwards. In most cases caused by a strong impact. According to Wikipedia, 95% of dislocations are anterior including the one I had.

In this injury, there is a higher chance to damage the axillary nerve.
How long does a dislocated shoulder take to heal?
No one can guarantee how fast you’ll recover. Every dislocated shoulder is different – some of them will tear apart more muscles and some of them less. But your motivation to do the right things can significantly improve the recovery time.

In my case, it took me 18 months to fully recover and feel confident with every activity or sport.

I did shoulder dislocation exercises almost at least every second day for the first six months later 1-3 times swimming per week + some home exercises. On our wedding day, I barely could put the hand over my wife height, but we danced and had a lot of fun anyway – this was six months after the accident. I stopped rehabilitation after eight months and continue to focus on swimming instead. When I started swimming in 7 months I wasn’t able to fully extend my hand up that made swimming harder but after a few months I got better and better.

Swimming after a dislocated shoulder
When I asked my physiotherapists they said any swimming style will be beneficial for your shoulder unless you don’t push it if you feel pain. I asked one of them for breaststroke because was interesting in this style. It is ok for the shoulders. But he said to me: it’s bad for your pelvis. In breaststroke, legs rotate outward – as most people have a problem with this he said. That was just his opinion he didn’t mention any studies in the area. I swim freestyle.

In the year following the accident, I managed to swim more than 100 km (4000 pool lengths ) in freestyle.

Can you run with a dislocated shoulder?
I couldn’t. The pain was too strong when the arm was shaking at the beginning

In the first year, I had 2 – 3 situations when I tried to run and felt something really bad in my shoulder when I made a step on uneven ground and lost balance for a split second. It felt really like the arm was pushed to near dislocation.

.I imagine that if you start from speed walking and gradually increase the speed and pay great attention to keeping the shoulder stable it could be done. But it could require a lot of patience.

Since 2nd year of recovery, I can run half-marathons and don’t even remember I had ever shoulder problem.

Can you move with a dislocated shoulder?
Yes, you should safely move when you don’t feel pain. The pain should be the boundary when it is still healing the tissue.

It is best to recheck this question with the doctor after they examine you possibly on the first visit.

When will the pain go away?
In my case, it was for two months. After two months it finally stopped hurting, and I could sleep a whole night again. I remember I needed to wake up every couple of minutes to sit as lying was very painful. Once I fell asleep sitting with my head between my knees. I couldn’t feel my legs for a few minutes after waking up 🙂 .

One thing that helped fight the inflammation and pain were therapies: laser, ultrasounds, magneto- and cryotherapy – after 2-week session pain was gone.

Which shoulder dislocation exercise should I do?
Can’t tell you as I don’t know if you have the same injury as I had. No one can say anything to you until you will be examined. Right after the damage you should schedule the appointment with the orthopedist and ask him for an ultrasound scan and advice on exercise. After about one month the doctor will direct you to the rehabilitation stage.

Should I try this online shoulder dislocation exercise?
Simple answer – no. It’s not possible to redo any of these exercises only by looking at the computer screen. Usually, these exercises are difficult to do properly. On the sessions, rehab personnel is watching you constantly and I did constantly everything wrong and needed many corrections in my moves.

It’s not like a fitness channel. On the rehab appointments, you usually stimulate one muscle at a time.