What kind of injury is this?

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DiamondCarver

Discussion Starter · Jan 26, 2012

On monday I hit a baby natural jump and went a little off-balance. I thought 'oh well, just a little tumble and i'll get back up and go". Turns out the landing was pretty flat with a thick layer of ice-like snow. I slammed my shoulder onto it and it hurt like a mofo, but I just got back up to'ride it off'. After 100 yards though I stopped to lay down for a bit. After some convincing I let my buddy look at it and he said it didn't look right at all(like dislocated), so he went down to get patrol. At that moment there wasn't much pain it was just extremely stiff/sore to move. They took me down to the hospital and we opted to see our own doc later instead paying the ER cost there because it looked like it was swelling that made it look funny, not dislocation. It was in a sling for the day and was iced. Now it's 3 days later and we never went to the doc cuz it seems to be getting slightly better, but my range of motion is still pretty limited cuz of the stiff/soreness, but not much pain really, and I iced it last night but that's it since the day I hurt it. It also feels poppy/crunchy(not big pops or crunches, just a bunch of little ones) all the time if I reach for something or even just move a little sometimes. What did I do? And what SHOULD I do?

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ShredLife

· #2 · Jan 26, 2012

probably a low grade AC joint separation (separated shoulder)

but your stupid ass should go to a doctor instead of asking snowboarders on the internet to diagnose you.

van-gramsci

· #3 · Jan 26, 2012

First off, I would recommend going to see the doctor. After the amount of trouble I have had with my own shoulder in the past, it's not something you want to ignore. In my case, I used to have a very strong throwing arm. It's basically gone now.
EDIT: and in my case, I DIDN'T ignore it!

How did you land on it though? Was your arm outstretched? Or was it in tight to your body so you landed with your arm under you?

rideforcancer

· #4 · Jan 26, 2012

you could have done something to your collar bone

Snurf

· #5 · Jan 26, 2012

Get some proper treatment. I had a partial shoulder separation a few years ago from a really simple and stupid fall on a cat track near the end of the day. It was painful for a while but I thought it would just heal naturally. My doc made me promise to go to physio and, after treatment, the physio put me on a regime of exercises. Best thing I ever did. It took several months to get full mobility and strength back but it did come back.

forestfalcon

· #6 · Jan 26, 2012

Hmmmm, crepitus and swelling....definitely something I would want diagnosed by Internet strangers. Go to the doctor!

ShredLife

· #7 · Jan 26, 2012

crepitus is such a cool fucking word for something that sucks so fucking bad

forestfalcon

· #8 · Jan 26, 2012

ShredLife said:
crepitus is such a cool fucking word for something that sucks so fucking bad

I agree...on both accounts.

CheeseForSteeze

· #9 · Jan 26, 2012

ShredLife said:
but your stupid ass should go to a doctor instead of asking snowboarders on the internet to diagnose you.

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DiamondCarver

Discussion Starter · #10 · Jan 26, 2012 (Edited)

van-gramsci said:
How did you land on it though? Was your arm outstretched? Or was it in tight to your body so you landed with your arm under you?

Tight to my body so yeah pretty much under me. And yeah you guys are probably right, I just thought it would heal naturally in a week or two. I've never had a shoulder injury before.

And i'm guessing I probably shouldn't go back up this weekend?

forestfalcon

· #11 · Jan 26, 2012

Shoulders can sustain such intricate injuries, and it really will affect your day to day. Best to see a Dr and be safe than sorry later on when you find it difficult to do menial tasks like driving or brushing your teeth...

gjsnowboarder

· #12 · Jan 26, 2012

Definitely go see a doctor. Sounds like with the crunching it could be more then a low grade seperation. Shoulder's are so intricate you should seek a profressionals help earlier or they will come back to deplete your wallet later in life. If you can see a specialist(Orthopedic) without a referral right off the bat I would. A GP will probably only refer you to one anyways. Look for one that deals with the local sport teams or is endorsed by them. They will be more familliar with the type of injury you have.

grafta

· #13 · Jan 26, 2012

Go see a physio if you are like me and have no faith in doctors

Shazkar

· #14 · Jan 26, 2012

grafta said:
Go see a physio if you are like me and have no faith in doctors

If only I'd done that instead when I first messed up my knee, I bet it would be a lot more functional now.

But I got unlucky, and this was in the days before ZocDoc. ZocDoc is great.

grafta

· #15 · Jan 26, 2012

Shazkar said:
If only I'd done that instead when I first messed up my knee, I bet it would be a lot more functional now.
But I got unlucky, and this was in the days before ZocDoc. ZocDoc is great.

I was told by a doctor that I had sprained my calf muscle... walked on it for a week before seeing a physio who told me I had ruptured my Achilles and needed surgery to re-attach :thumbsdown:

Lesson learnt :thumbsup:

Shazkar

· #16 · Jan 26, 2012

grafta said:
I was told by a doctor that I had sprained my calf muscle... walked on it for a week before seeing a physio who told me I had ruptured my Achilles and needed surgery to re-attach :thumbsdown:

Lesson learnt :thumbsup:

My thing was the doc who saw me very briefly told me I didn't need PT and I'd be back to normal in ~4 weeks. 10 weeks later I retweak my knee and it hasn't ever been back to normal since.

Regardless, OP, go see some form of medical professional, doctor, physio, sports medicine guy, someone... don't take medical advice on something that could be serious from the internet.

van-gramsci

· #17 · Jan 27, 2012

grafta said:
Go see a physio if you are like me and have no faith in doctors

Doctors can definitely be hit or miss on some things. General Practitioners can't know everything, so the good ones will send you off to someone who knows what they're talking about.

I kept injuring my shoulder playing sports several years back. I went to my family doctor and he said it sounded like tendonitis. My sister, who was studying kinesiology (she's now about to become a physio) at the time said that made no sense and that it sounded like I was suffering from subluxation (partial dislocations). When I got to university, (and after hurting it a few more times) I went to the clinic there and they set me up with an orthopaedic surgeon who was near the top of his field. Turns out my sister was right: multiple partial dislocations, at least one full dislocation (evidenced by a chipped bone in my joint), and a couple torn ligaments. Surgery, recovery, physio, and regular weight training have got it almost back to normal, thought I can't throw nearly like I used to.

Moral of the story: get it checked out, but get multiple opinions from varied sources.

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DiamondCarver

Discussion Starter · #18 · Jan 27, 2012

Good thing it's my left shoulder haha. Off to PT!

philadendron

· #19 · Jan 27, 2012

Absolutely do not mess around with your shoulder. I dislocated my shoulder years ago and ever since then it's come out probably 10-20 times. I've done it twice already this season, and I know how to put it back in myself but what I need is PT/surgery. Get it taken care of.

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