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Husky1 said:
Sportsman 5, what were your issues. My daughter plays college basketball and her shoulder socket is loose and gets inflamed and very painful when it gets hit or she shoots to much. We are looking at surgical options in offseason. Is this a labrum issue and or does it sound like what you had? Thanks
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Symptoms will vary considerably. i never fully dislocated my shoulder, but it would sublux slightly (partially slide out of place) especially when the arm was over head. At the time, I was playing baseball and swimming competitively, which is the absolute worst thing I could have been doing. There was a clicking/ popping sound when I would hold it over head and rotate my arm as if throwing a baseball. Definitely had swelling and discomfort after exercise. I originally had an MRI done and the doctor found no tear, so I ended up doing a year of physical therapy. It didn't get better, so I had another MRI where they inject dye and they found a tear at that point. Had the surgery to repair the tear and had it surgically tightened, which is the exact same surgery Purvis is having. It took me the normal amount of time to recover back to about 90%, but another 6-12 months or so to where the shoulder felt the exact same as the other side due to the tightening of the capsule. I was consistent with going to physical therapy, but slacked some on home exercises. If I wasn't a somewhat undisciplined and lazy teenager at the time, than I'm sure the recovery back to 100% would have been faster. This was quite a few years ago. to this day I need to do stabilization exercises to keep it tight and strong and prevent inflammation. Part of the reason is that I lift fairly heavy weights, so I need strong stabilizers, but I would recommend continued "physical therapy type" exercises to anyone who has had stabilization issues in the past. I've worked in several jobs in the health and wellness fields. Based on my own experience and that of working with many people with chronic pain and injuries I would get the surgery if there is a tear. Obviously this is a general statement and every case is unique. However, a torn labrum is something you can live with, but there will likely be a lot of long term complications when it comes to degeneration of the joint and things of that nature. Like another poster said, it is a good idea to get multiple opinions from physicians about what to do. An reasonable start would be to get an MRI to see if there is an obvious tear to either labrum or any of the 4 rotator cuff muscles that rotate and stabilize the shoulder. If you have any further questions, than private message me.
 
I have a feeling purvis is one of those kids I'll criticize and then he'll blow up in march. But I feel like he might need some time to recover from the injury and readjust to the college game. That said this kid is a monster
 
I developed what was diagnosed as a "chronic, recurrent sublocation of the right shoulder" the beginning of Junior year in high school. At first, it was incredibly painful. After that, it was a conversation piece. I could pop it in and out at will, complete with a clunking sound that could be heard across the room. But it ALWAYS came out when the arm was extended above the horizontal. By senior year, not only was I back on the basketball court, but I'd learned to play defense right handed (I'm a leftie by nature) because my vertical reach was a good 4 inches farther with my right hand, due to the shoulder. Blocked a whole lot of shots that year. If I could have controlled the ball with my right hand, I would have been a dunkin fool. Unfortunately, I couldn't. And if I got hit wrong with it up and out, man was I in pain.

The shoulder did keep me out of the service (I tried to enlist in the CG, then was called for the draft at the height of the Vietnam war).

But once I was no longer involved in any kind of athletics, it never really bothered me more than a few times a year. But that eventually became 4 or 5 times a year, then 6 or 8 times, and now that I'm officially an old codger, except when I'm able to keep my right elbow tucked tightly to my side, I'm in pain. If I need to raise my right arm more than shoulder high, I need to use my left arm to do it. I've investigated surgery (need a full blown replacement), but the 6 months of recovery they are talking about is kind of off-putting at my age.

So yeah, the kid needs to get it done now, lest he end up a cranky old man with a painful shoulder.
 
Just have to say I love the Boneyard where you can get detailed anecdotal evidence and advice about anything. I tore my rotator cuff playing baseball in college. Pitched 14 innings against Albany State in 40 degree weather. What the hell was my coach thinking. Doesn't bother me except when I start weight lifting again which is a good excuse to stop weight lifting.
 
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