LI Boarder

Had a fairly intense burning sensation and somewhat limited mobility for the first two days. Has gotten progressively better 7 days later. Anyone else with this type of injury? Long term effects/complications? What will a doc do to check out? MRI?

Qball

If its getting better and your getting full range of motion back I wouldn't bother going to the doctor. The burning sensation and limited mobility was probably because of inflammation.

outlyr

Do you have a bump where your collar bone ties into the shoulder joint? Does your deltoid/humerous seem to "step-down"? Is it difficult to lift your arm over your head? If so it could be a separated shoulder. It's a fairly common snowboarding injury, I had two this season, the first was slight the second (three weeks later) was much worse. The doc diagnosed it via x-ray, an mri would have determined the extent of damage to any of the three tendons which serve to hold the shoulder joint together. Its been a month since my second and there is very little pain, some weakness and a lot strange noises when I roll my shoulder. Unless it's very serious, like a level four separation, surgery is usually not necessary. They'll just give you some Motrin, Percs if your lucky, and send you home. As Qball said, at this point I wouldn't waste my time or money going to see a doc.

LI Boarder

no bumps, no difficulty raising my arm, maybe I got lucky with this. Actually worked on the boat all day and feel ok at the moment, tomorrow might be a different story though.

outlyr

Yeah, sound's like you did. I would try to stretch it a few times a day and when it permits, take it to the gym for some light d-bell workouts.

cjcameron11

its probably AIDS or cancer or maybe rotator cuff injury but more likely one of the first two

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masoupistoocold

i broke my clavicle about 3 months ago. only found out from xrays when it happen. otherwise the pain went away after only a few days. i feel like if i hadn't gotten the xrays in the beginning i wouldn't have know. at the time it didn't require surgery, but i wasn't meant to board for at least another 2 months. however 3 weeks later i got back on the board and road conservatively for a couple of weeks, but then pretty hard for about 5 weeks after that. I just went to a different doctor (back in Australia, did the injury and riding in the US) and he wanted to xray it. I now have a overlapping fracture of about 2 inches, which he thinks needs surgery asap to put it back in the right position. while i can't pinpoint any serious crash where i would have re-injured, just riding and sometimes falling probably put stress on it which made it move into the poor position.

outlyr

Shoulder injuries can be difficult to self-diagnose. Both times I injured mine I was convinced that I had broken my collar bone. I heard it pop both times and the pain was fairly intense, but I don't recall it being as painful as when I broke my ankles (on separate occasions). I also didn't feel the distinctive clicking indicative of a facture. I've heard that you feel the pain from a rotator cuff injury in the front of the shoulder joint.

cjcameron11

yeah shoulders are shit, in all seriousness i have dislocated my right and done a grade 3 AC joint, neither hurt when i did them but the next day (and weeks) were horrible, although i would suggest seeing a doctor just in case, sometimes shit doesnt hurt even when its bad so dont let the no pain fool you something could be wrong. like AIDS

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fattrav

You forgot cancer. That shit'll sneak up on you.

OP - Shoulders are a complex joint. You should get it checked out by a doc just to make sure its safe.

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