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Took a digger hiking a few weeks ago and smarted my shoulder. Didn't feel bad, but after tubing at the cabin over the fourth, I tried to hit a bucket of balls at the range and it became glaringly obvious something was wrong.
Got in to the doctor on Friday, and he's fairly certain it's sprained with my range of motion (pretty good), said to come back for an MRI if it's not better after a few weeks. However, over the weekend the lady friend was feeling around and the two spots that are pretty tender (top of arm and front of shoulder) have decent sized indentations, and she said that's what her's did when it was torn. Just curious if anyone has any similar experiences. At any rate, doc said no activities that could agitate it for 6 weeks.
Got in to the doctor on Friday, and he's fairly certain it's sprained with my range of motion (pretty good), said to come back for an MRI if it's not better after a few weeks. However, over the weekend the lady friend was feeling around and the two spots that are pretty tender (top of arm and front of shoulder) have decent sized indentations, and she said that's what her's did when it was torn. Just curious if anyone has any similar experiences. At any rate, doc said no activities that could agitate it for 6 weeks.
If you get an MRI make sure it's WITH CONTRAST. Thats the only way to see tears and even then it's a crapshoot. Otherwise it's a waste of time/money.
I dislocated mine at WW Ranch the day before new years 2017. Saw urgent care who couldn't tell anything bc it was so locked up and ROM was practically zero. Saw a sports med doc in St. Pete's a two weeks later and it was clarified no rotator cuff tear thru simple resistance testing. The thing hurt like a bitch tho...couldn't sleep, etc. I feared the worst but dodged a bullet with the rotator cuff.
From what I've read a tear is one of the hardest things to come back from without going under the knife and even then no guarantees.
Good luck!
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Get to the bottom of it, shoulders are brutal and you need to rehab it properly. My biggest mistake was I quit going to physio once it was good enough that I was able to resume work. I should have kept going, I’m sure it would have healed a lot better.
Last Friday I finally went to my massage therapist and she spent an hour on my shoulder and pain was about 90% gone. Took 3 days for the worked muscle soreness to go away
BTW I had back pain and did not ride for 3 years. Went to a back specialist Dr and had a MRI and they could not find anything wrong. Went to therapy and in the initial examination they found my R big toe lost a lot of its movement. I went to therapy 3 days a week for 2 weeks and didn’t get any relief. I went in for massage 2 times a week and she straightened out my back and increased my big toes flexibility so back pain has not returned.
We were lucky to find our talented massage therapist.
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The first like 3 weeks post accident I couldnt even move my arm. I completely forget I had broken ribs and the lung issue compared to the shoulder. My point is some of these doctors are not out for your best interest (judging by teh one ortho i had in the hospital and the second one who couldnt determine what grade separation I had to decide on surgery/nosurgery). Go get another opinion if its still bothering you.
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