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Shoulder separation, trip cancellation, season X

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#1 ·
Separated my shoulder last Friday and typing with one hand effing sucks.
Hurts like hell the worst is the death of the stoke.
I'm having a hard time letting go.


Any words of wisdom or courage. Has this happened to you?
Don't let this happen to you!
 
#3 ·
Keep your chin up. Things like this happen and you will live to ride again another day. I dislocated my shoulder 3 times in the Army...it sucks bad. The good news...it heals and you will be doing all the things you love to do again.

I don't want to give you bad advice here so take this with a grain of salt. You can still ride with a bad shoulder. You may just be sliding around on the super safe side so you don't crash but riding is riding.
 
#4 ·
Yup. I have dislocated both shoulders. I dislocated my left one really bad snowboarding. Doc had to put it back in, I was in a sling for a month after. Sucks big time. I took a while to come back.


Advice:

1. Go to physio-therapy and do exactly what they say.

2. After you are more or less healed, hire a good personal trainer to get that bitch strong again. You might only need a couple of sessions to get a plan together. Should only cost $100 or so. Workout hard and your shoulder will be stronger than before. Focus on building joint strength and stability. Overhead squats are great, but difficult. Same with Turkish Get-ups.

3. Also work on your mobility. Most of these kinds of injuries happen because of tight shoulders.

Having a plan and sticking to it will help keep you from getting depressed. And watch a bunch of snowboard movies to keep the stoke high.

Good Luck Bro!!!
 
#5 · (Edited)
If only my physio were so optimistic!

I'm a tough sob. It took a lot for me to cancel out. These arms are my money makers.

When I first checked it out with my left hand it was pretty obvious something was fucked, at that point I was hoping for a dislocation.
As it stands I may need surgery to reconnect the a-c joint. The way its hanging it may not approximate on its own. Waiting on the ortho appointment and the call.


SOLID advice.
Luckily I already had a great sport physio to go to, helped me out before. It'll be a month doing passive range of motion before a)surgery and starting all over, or b) active motion and starting to build strength.
 
#6 ·
If only my physio were so optimistic!

I'm a tough sob. It took a lot for me to cancel out. These arms are my money makers.

When I first checked it out with my left hand it was pretty obvious something was fucked, at that point I was hoping for a dislocation.
As it stands I may need surgery to reconnect the a-c joint. The way its hanging it may not approximate on its own. Waiting on the ortho appointment and the call.
Oh fuck! That's pretty much the worst case scenario. Sorry to hear that. You will be on the shelf for awhile. Still, it will heal and you can get it strong again. Stay positive. Could be worse, it could be your knee.
 
#7 ·
Vibs man!! Missin' out on the stoke due to injury,..?

Totally Sucks Goats Goat Vertebrate Mammal Feral goat
Ball Soccer ball Sports equipment Sport venue Football
>:)
 
#8 ·
Don't get me wrong. Landed on my head and shoulder first so my head/neck got hit just as hard as the shoulder. Could've been much much worse and I know how lucky I was in that respect. Thank my lucky stars.

Chomps, much respect man. I don't know your story but I've read enough to know you've had it rough.

No competition. Relatively yes I'll come out ok, stronger even, next year. Right now I've just got to get better to work come spring so there will be a next year.

Still in the slam club, this year is X.

Thanks to everyone who has posted and posts after. No one can understand the stoke and the loss like you all do, and it helps somehow just to share.
Positive vibes... gotta stay positive.
 

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#11 ·
Thats awesome but for a couple things:
-my season ran Jan1 to Apr1, life/work takes the power back after that
-I'm on the wrong coast and in Canada (no snow and exchange poor)

There is the slim chance that I recover faster than anticipated AND it snows here lots and soon.
If I get to the point where I can get my boots on AND it has snowed enough to create a base for spring conditions- will take whatever I can get.

If and when I make the trek west though I want to be max%.
 
#14 ·
Good god man that's just brutal. Must've been some crash!
Both bones and I bet a bunch of soft tissue damage to deal with. Yuck. Poor you.

Makes my issues feel like a little boo boo :embarrased1:

Officially diagnosed as a solid level three shoulder separation.
No surgery (hooray). Apparently once the ligaments are severed its best to just grind it out, scar it up, essentially form a new joint of the soft tissue. No pain no gain.
Crazy how that works.
Thing is its not just the injury but the whole upper quarter of nerve and muscle pain as everything adjusts to sitting/working differently.

For now I'm just grateful to not need surgery and have recovery in my own hands.
 
#15 · (Edited)
My shoulders used to pop out all the time since I have hyperextensive joints.

I detached my right collarbone from shoulder blade.
(landed over after a jump)
Since doctor told me surgery won't be necessary, I just live with certain discomfort.
It gives me a sharp pain in certain rotation, but I got use to it now.

Hope you feel better soon.
 
#20 ·
I know you were really stoked to come out here!
Dude you have no idea. Plane left without me this morning :crazy2:

Still coming to terms with having done the sensible/responsible thing. This season was my prize all year and I pooched it.


Problem with shoulder injuries is that once you get the first one, it makes you much much more vulnerable for a second, third, and fourth injury later on.
I hear ya. Though from what I understand thats more of an issue with rotator cuff esp. dislocations. I've seen it said that separations are almost better in that once you're separated you never go back (so can never do it again).
I'm sure I'll be able to fuck other shit up tho.

Next time I'll have to be sure to land on my left so they look the same haha.
 
#17 ·
i had a few bad hits to my shoulder at a low speed so i bought some upper body armor w/ shoulder pads. The things work really well.

it's the demon force flex dx30 upper body armor. has elbow pads and back pads too. too late for this season.. but it's already saved me a few times.

Problem with shoulder injuries is that once you get the first one, it makes you much much more vulnerable for a second, third, and fourth injury later on. i highly recommend getting shoulder padding (soft, not hard or shell) for next season.
 
#22 ·
PM sent.

When it came to being able to do stuff again (vs not being able to do stuff)... I didn't give a shit about the bump anymore.
Made it out for a last day around the 5 week mark, before all our snow melted here. They said I rode more aggressive that day than any other.
:hairy:
 
#23 · (Edited)
Is 10 days since I separated from my collar bone. Every day I feel stronger but it definitely is far from full strength. Mostly my back and arm muscles seen to get a fatigued feeling very quickly. But a foot of snow in 24 hours with more to come has me thinking im going for some runs tomorrow.
I see the Dr at 8:50. Will be wearing my snow pants and if he doesn't advise against it,in heading up from there. His office is conveniently located at the mouth of the canyon. Resisting seems futile right now

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