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Patriarch-ristmas Land/lord Patriarch of Dramastan  1yr ago (image post) 1,743 thread views #142843

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I fricked my shoulder up a couple months ago and it still pops out if I extend my arm too far out. I haven’t been lifting with it because even a 5 gallon bucket of feed feels like my shoulder is about to give.

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Orthopedic doctor now. Shoulders can get really messed up and extreme weakness is not a good sign.

https://youtube.com/c/bobbrad

This youtube channel is two physical therapists that can help you try and self diagnose your shoulder issue. But still doctor.

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idk if it's bad enough for a doctor. I've had quite a few people irl tell me to go too though. My uncle went in for shoulder problems and they really fricked him up in a surgery.

I might go in a few months if things don't improve

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If it's already been a few months then you should see a doctor.

https://orthoneuro.com/shoulder/shoulder-clicking/#:~:text=The%20clicking%20sound%20that%20is,general%20overuse%20of%20the%20joint.

This looks like it matches your symptoms. If this is what you have, if left untreated it can turn into frozen shoulder, which can take years to recover from. Of course you could easily have something else, but thats for a doctor to figure out.

The doc will check you out and probably send you to physical therapy. Physical therapy is pretty fun imo. A personal trainer getting you in shape in a way that will heal you.

If the doctor recommends surgery you don't have to say yes. You can wait as long as you want/consider other forms of treatment. If the doc does want you to have surgery, always get a second opinion. Do some research online about the best surgeons for this procedure in your area and see him. If that doc thinks you need surgery as well, you probably should do it.

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Yeah you're probably right

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The shoulder is a complicated joint. Where does it hurt/pop? Front? Top? Back? Side? In general you still want to be using it and exercising it for recovery. Ideally if you have some hanging rings you can put a wooden pole through them at chest level and then extend your arms straight, and walk forward so that the bar moves up over your head and go as far as you can until you feel pain. Then do it a little further each time. You can do a similar thing against a rack or wall but the rings are best. Eventually you want to get so you can be in a fully locked out press position.

You can also get a very light kettlebell and hold it by the handle so that the bell itself is above it and press that as a good way to recover shoulder issues.

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It doesn't really hurt, it's just weak. Fully extending my arm straight up and back, straight out and back, or diagonally across my chest feels like my arm is just about to slide out of the socket. A couple times a week I'll have pain when I extend it too far or too suddenly and it slips out of place, but the pain mostly goes away when I readjust my arm. When it does hurt idk if it really has a specific area, it's just all inside the shoulder.

I've been doing my normal farm work since the injury, but I haven't lifted with it much. A couple days after the injury I did some 30lb dumbbell curls just to see if I could, but that was it.

Idk if it's relevant but the injury itself I got hit and thrown shoulder first into the side of a truck. That day my shoulder had just enough strength to get my arm up about shoulder level. For about a week any time I moved my shoulder at all I had sharp pains and could feel shit popping and sliding around. I rested it that week, and when it stopped doing that I went back to work.

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How do you feel if you stay in an extended push-up position for a while (arms fully extended)?

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Feels fine in that position

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If you hang from a bar or do a row, does your shoulder weaken in either those positions?

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I don't have enough spoons to read this shit

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Is this a pushing and pulling pain? Maybe try to (lightly) apply pressure in the opposite of the pain and see where you’re at

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