dislocations

[Davie_GLA]

I dislocated my knee around ten years ago while ice skating. My right knee cap moved so much that it went almost right round the side.

Having it put back in was the single most painful thing i have ever experienced.

I have a cast from the top of my leg to my ankle for ages, and was very weak when it was taken off.

Being young and only slightly more stupid I never stuck at the physio side of things and I regret it almost daily.

A recent MRI scan showed severe damage to the tendons and a little muscle just behind the patella. I won't be long before i'll need an operation i reckon.

So, moral of my story is take care of it, and take the advice from the pro's. They know what they're talking about.

D.

[NDA]

shirt said:

anyone here had one?

i dislocated my shoulder on saturday afternoon. i've never felt pain like it and there is no way on this earth i will have it reoccur if i can at all help it. i'm looking for advice on what i can do to strengthen the muscles to minimise the chances of it happening again.

i've been referred for an orthopaedic consultation on thursday afternoon so haven't had any professional advice as yet. i'm only 29 and fairly active, plus i work in a heavy industrial environment where i sometimes need to lift & shift. i'll take surgery should they offer it, but unless i've done serious damage i'm told they usually don't offer it for a first occurence.

the accident was in cardiff on saturday. with the morpheine out of my system i tried driving home on sunday afternoon but had to overnight in oxford as i didn't even have enough strength to push the gearstick against to counteract the spring pressure to get into fifth! movement is very slow, i'm scared of moving it above my head height, and it's numb from shoulder to elbow.

of course i plan on getting whatever physio is offered, but would like advice on what weight training i can do following recovery to strenghthen my arm so it's as good as new again?

anyone been through this?

I dislocated my shoulder last year falling out of a speed boat at 50mph. Apart from nearly drowning (quite hard to swim in choppy water in the sea with no shoulder), it was several hours to get back to land and even more hours until they could put it back in.

However, the pain did subside moderately quickly and I started a course of physio with deep heat treatment, sonic (like a baby scan thing) treatment and generally increased the movement.

I would say putting strain on that joint for 3 - 6 months would be a bad idea (weight training or any heavy lifting for example). The younger you are, the more likely it is to come out again, the older, less so (was what I was told).