I tore my deltoid about a week ago and a half ago, it freakin sucks. Still painful to lift my arm above my head, only 9 days to nationals as well.

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Originally posted by colinwill78
keeps you up at night hey?
might as well go for a kite then

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ROFLMFAO - funniest ever

Did you ever had the shoulder dislocated?
I just had re-constructive surgery for traumatic rotator cuff injury, in between the oter damage I was able to self inflict to myself when I dislocated my shoulder in December.
I think the best bet is to see an orthopaedic surgeon specialised in shoulder injuries.
This does not mean you have to have surgery, but he will get you assessed and may recommend specific physioterapy.
I wish you good luck, 'cause I know the bloody pain, especially when you lie in bed and all the muscles are relaxing, thats exactly when the pain kicks in.
In the mean time, I find out that for short time, the Voltaren Gel may get you comfortable enough to fell asleep.
Some cold pack may help too.

Cheers,

Silviu

Sandgroper,
I had a similar injury a few years ago and put up with it for way too long. I mentioned it to a friend who was a doctor and he ended up giving me a steroid injection (deep) into my shoulder and the problem went away.
The only regret was not getting it done sooner. It may be worth a trip to your local GP if you haven't already been.

Yeah man been seeing the chiro a couple times a week, been getting Ice, electrotherapy and that sorta gear on it. GOnna start me with some excersises to build it up a bit before nationals. And its all good cause i get it cheap being a chiro student

I remember CB radio. Lots of kids and childish interuptions to your QSO.

I've still got my CB. Its real quite now. Absolutely pristine. The kids eventually got sick of harassing people actually enjoying the CB a long time ago.

This forum is a bit like CB in the early days Eventually the kids will get sick of harassing people actually enjoying the forum.

Know exactly how you feel sandgroper. I've got the same problem with my left shoulder. Doesn't impede my kiting or windsurfing but hurts like hell at night and plays havoc with my golf swing. Have had a reconstruction on my right shoulder several years ago but wouldn't recommend that to anyone. I think the steroid solution is probably best or a winter lay-off.

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Originally posted by cRAZY Canuk

Need to be carefull with some of the injections they give you they can actually lead to more trouble down the road

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Agreed. Must admit I dont really trust quacks anymore. Certainly not the drug pusher variety.

I'm told you can do an excercise that helps. Bending over and let your arm dangle loose. Then swing it around in large circles. Apart from that you've got to stop the activity that caused it until it heals. Looks like I'll be in pain for another month or two.

Rest and phsical training is what is needed. Muscle pain a joint dilocations are due to lack of strength or imbalance of the mucle groups. Well except some dislocations there just nasty I don't recomend them to any one have had my share.

Best thing to do is go see a physo, preferably one that deals with national teams for cricket (bowlers), waterpolo or vollyball, as they have to know a lot about shoulders. They'll be able to asses your shoulder and give you a work out routine for it. Unfortunetly kiting is like any other high impact sport. If your not physicaly fit (to some degree we're not look for toned body's well maybe on the girls we are ) your going to sustain more injuries and muscle pains than some one who is. This applies to every part of the body you jest need to find the right specialist.

I hate to say this but Quarta Zone is one of the mentioned injections that can have adverse effects on legaments down the track. I can level with you on the pain I've done both shoulders (my right one 3 times and is looser that a girl in the cross).

Pain is your body telling you not to use it and unfortunetly is a natural response from your body. Doing in your shoulder is 2 weeks of pain (and morphine ) and I was told in the states (did the left shoulder is Cali) that the pain is only surpassed by a dislocated hip. Never want to try it.

I'm not saying drugs aren't the answer and am no means a expert on the subject, but make sure you check it out for your self. Google is a great place.

Hello

The correct protocol for this type of injury is to see your GP who should really refer you for an X-ray and U/S of your affected shoulder. The X-ray will likely show no injury however there are some bony factors that can predispose this type of injury and need to be ruled out.

The U/S is the modality that will likely reveal the injury, the two most common being bursitis or are an actual tear of one or more of the rotator cuff tendons.
Bursitis can generally be treated with a single shot of cortisone “combined with rest” and a good result expected.

If you are unfortunate enough to have a tear, cortisone on its own will not remedy the problem as it is not treating the actual problem only reliving the pain. More often than not a tearing injury is made worse with cortisone because although one now feels no pain one starts doing silly things again with their injured shoulder before it has actually healed in some cases resulting in a more serious injury.

Cortisone at the end of the day is like air freshener, a temporary fix. If the actual problem isn’t fixed things are going to keep on smelling.

Depending on the grade (partial/full thickness) of the tear one should really go back and see their GP and discuss getting an orthopedic opinion. This is your only option if you still have symptoms and no injury is discovered on the XR or U/S as you will likely then need an MRI which only a specialist can order. An MRI can actually see inside the joint and reveal injuries that an U/S cannot.

Another option is to take you XR U/S reports to a physio and discuss possible treatment options.

PS Unfortunately rest is often the best medicine