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Old 12-31-2006, 07:33 AM
EricT EricT is offline
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0311 is right.

Anuj, wait until you get more information before you give up hope. You're making a lot of assumptions and I can understand how depressed you must be.

Someone whole shoulder subluxates or dislocates while in bed is definitely a candidate for surgery. I warned you this may happen, but I think I said even then that you may need surgery to fix the problem. The key word being FIX.

The first thing a surgeon will do is examine the joint and determine the exact nature of the problem. As of now you don't know exactly what the problem is and the extent to which it can be repaired. But it may make you feel a lot better to know that the recurrence of shoulder laxity after surgery is very low...only around 3%. Obviously for an athlete or weighlifter that tendency is higher but shoulder sugery is not a ticket to inactivity and arthritis. In all likelihood your shoulder will be better then it is now provided everything is managed properly. Maybe not perfect but a tight shoulder with properly repaired and healed tendons and ligaments is a good thing concidering where you are at now.
I'm not guaranteeing anything but even high level athletes are able to return to their sports after shoulder surgery.

A major part of the rehabilitation will be weight bearing to strengthen the surrounding musculature. The fact is you are getting upset about not being able to use your shoulders the way you want but while certain activities will be prohibited you will HAVE to use your shoulders and make them, slowly but surely, as stong as possible. If you don't then what you will have is shoulders that don't even work for everyday simple things. INACTIVITY is the worse thing people can do following joint surgery not the other way around!

You have a long recovery ahead of you. But you said you wanted to prove someting. So prove it. Obstacle can sometimes be a synonim for oppurtunity. This is a bodybuilding board and I can't think of anything more appropriate than a journal or something form someone healing up from shoulder surgery.
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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.
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