First off I am a mountain biker and I get injured. We fall down hills, land on bikes, rocks, and twist lots of joints too far. It happens and I accept that.
2 years ago I took an extra nasty fall and ended up tearing my labrum and dislocating my shoulder (got a concussion while wearing a helmet too) I had surgery, went to PT, and took it easy all summer. It's two years later and I can bike, lift, and do pretty much anything without restriction because of the shoulder.
However, I still have pain and some popping when the shoudler is directly used. I consulted my PT about this and they said since I still have no restrictions on my daily life there's not much to do. We tried more stretching and some goofy exersises with mroe of those bungee ropes to no avail.
When I pull up on the bars of my bike all day I'm very sore in only my left shoudler, when I curl dumbells at the gym I feel the pop, and I can't maintain a stress on that shoulder for as long as my right due to pain (like laying on my side on the couch propping myself up with an elbow)
There are no more tears or anything 'wrong' with my shoulder, the doctor made sure of that with more MRI's... I hate MRI's. The only answer I got now is that "shoulders are tough, and rarely are 100% healed after sustaining trauma to the extent you did."
I don't like that answer and am simply venting that I may always have a nagging shoulder following me around. I'm 19 years old and lead a very active lifestyle.
You guys will be seeing me post a bunch in the next 3 weeks because of a broken wrist. I broke my wrist playing 'ultimate frisbee' at a park with some buddies. haha, I broke my wrist playing frisbee! I can laugh about it because there is almost no chance this will linger. It's a simple fracture that just needs to be imobilized for a couple of weeks.
2 years ago I took an extra nasty fall and ended up tearing my labrum and dislocating my shoulder (got a concussion while wearing a helmet too) I had surgery, went to PT, and took it easy all summer. It's two years later and I can bike, lift, and do pretty much anything without restriction because of the shoulder.
However, I still have pain and some popping when the shoudler is directly used. I consulted my PT about this and they said since I still have no restrictions on my daily life there's not much to do. We tried more stretching and some goofy exersises with mroe of those bungee ropes to no avail.
When I pull up on the bars of my bike all day I'm very sore in only my left shoudler, when I curl dumbells at the gym I feel the pop, and I can't maintain a stress on that shoulder for as long as my right due to pain (like laying on my side on the couch propping myself up with an elbow)
There are no more tears or anything 'wrong' with my shoulder, the doctor made sure of that with more MRI's... I hate MRI's. The only answer I got now is that "shoulders are tough, and rarely are 100% healed after sustaining trauma to the extent you did."
I don't like that answer and am simply venting that I may always have a nagging shoulder following me around. I'm 19 years old and lead a very active lifestyle.
You guys will be seeing me post a bunch in the next 3 weeks because of a broken wrist. I broke my wrist playing 'ultimate frisbee' at a park with some buddies. haha, I broke my wrist playing frisbee! I can laugh about it because there is almost no chance this will linger. It's a simple fracture that just needs to be imobilized for a couple of weeks.