Help, I dislocated my shoulder about a week ago and am stuck in a sling for another two weeks. How soon will it take before I can get back in the water? If anyone has suggestions, tips, etc it would be appreciated. Thanks..
Dislocated my shoulder first time in a mountain bike crash. It healed. Dislocated it again a year later doing the same thing. For the next decade it dislocated constantly, in my sleep, grabbing a mango from a tree, swimming (before I was actually a swimmer), it popped fully out of socket more times than I can remember, it was a real problem. I would also reset it myself. When I started lifting weights and doing stability exercises the dislocations stopped but I also became very cautious with any activity. When I started swimming I was very cautious at first and had a few close calls, but stability exercises and flexibility have been a success.
Good luck, do not let it dislocate a second time! Get back in to swimming very slowly.
Dislocated my shoulder first time in a mountain bike crash. It healed. Dislocated it again a year later doing the same thing. For the next decade it dislocated constantly, in my sleep, grabbing a mango from a tree, swimming (before I was actually a swimmer), it popped fully out of socket more times than I can remember, it was a real problem. I would also reset it myself. When I started lifting weights and doing stability exercises the dislocations stopped but I also became very cautious with any activity. When I started swimming I was very cautious at first and had a few close calls, but stability exercises and flexibility have been a success.
Good luck, do not let it dislocate a second time! Get back in to swimming very slowly.
