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Car wreck 6 months ago. Grade 2 (whatever that means) separated shoulder. Sling for a month, then resistance band at home.
I started riding my bike again about two months after the injury and ended up steering home one-handed most of the time, icing upon arrival. But over time, less and less pain.
Unfortunately, the only lifting I did for a few months was 12-ounce curls, so I have a lot of work to do.
Specifically: I'm back in the gym for a month now, doing mostly close-grip work, Smith machine, not much dumbell work at all.
In certain positions and with certain movements, I get a lot of clicking in the shoulder and it just feels unreliable. At times I think it's just part of the rehab process, but it's been half a year now.
I am planning on going back to the doctor to see if they want to do surgery - - but has anyone else experienced this?
A Type II AC separation involves complete tearing of the acromioclavicular ligament, as well as a partial tear of the coracoclavicular ligaments. This often causes a noticeable bump on the shoulder.[4] This bump is permanent. The clavicle is unstable to direct stress examination. On radiographs, the lateral end of the clavicle may be slightly elevated by pressing on the sternal aspect of the clavicle forcing the acromial end down, and by releasing, it may pop back up eliciting a piano key sign due to the tearing of the AC. Severe pain and loss of movement are common.
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The trauma to the shoulder affects the ligaments holding the two bones—the scapula and the clavicle—together. This injury does not always involve bone fractures; however if the impact to the shoulder is severe, fractures may occur.
You probably should get an x-ray / catscan to see what your injury looks like now. It may explain your clicking.
Typically, clicking/popping and the like isn't a big deal unless there's pain involved. Also typically, I'd recommend free weights over machines.
But I'm not a doctor; I'd definitely recommend physical therapy rehab or seeing a sports chiropractor before doing surgery but if you want to slowly try some very light weighted things, check out these
stay away from the smith machine from presses for quite some time. It's not as natural as a movement. Once you are fully recovered, give it a go, but for now, go with free weights.
Go light on the heavy presses, and focus more on doing flys and other isolation exercises to build the muscle.
Definitely do all of the important presses (bench press, shoulder press) just go really light and do higher reps and less weight. No need to be pushing its limits. I'm recovering from a shoulder/upper arm injury right now and on incline bench I went from 225 for 10 reps to just doing flat bench and 155lbs for 20 reps. I'm just getting back into it after a bit of a break and just focusing on full range of motion and fatiguing the muscle.
GO see a doctor for a diagnosis and appropriate treatment!!!
When he refers you to a physical therapist, try to find one who is versed in neurokinetic therapy. So far, it's been the absolute best modality to help me on a very long rehab road. If you are interested, PM me, and I can refer you to a therapist in your area. (I never had a separated shoulder, but I do have rotator cuff issues, and I had a frozen shoulder...resolving through NKT)
God, my rotator injuries (both shoulders, left more damaged) can get really frustrating. Last week I was shoulder pressing 70lbs dumbells each arm, which for me is a peak, and today I can tell that's just not within my physical abilities. The pain is too bad. It also mucks up my bench (though not incline freeweights, oddly).
I've got two from years of playing football. The one thing that bothers me is heavy military. So much so I abandoned it and stick to decline and lighter incline instead. I can still do heavy bench work but I avoid military.
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