Hyperflexic

[Disco LT]

I once saw a physio that told me that my shoulder issues stem from the fact I am hyperflexic. Google results yield nothing so I assume he made it up or I misremember the name correctly. Anyway.

For as long as I can remember my shoulder joints have been lose, moving my arms in certain ways will result in the shoulder joint dislocating, most of the time it doesn't hurt and simply slides back into place when I move my arm another way again.

Apparently because this has been going on for so long, the muscles/tendons that are meant to hold the joint in place prefenting violent dislocation have become weak and I'm looking at two options, because occasionally I suffer from massive aches in my shoulder joints (such as I have right now in my left shoulder) that I actually use an animal muscle relief gel on rather than human as it works better (think of it was deep heat x 20), or even worse sometimes the joint just pops out completely requiring me to either see a physio and have it strapped back in place, or to put it back in place myself (this hurts).

My options are surgery, and there are a few types but I'm going to avoid going down that road if possible, and the second option is regular physio to attempt to strengthen the loose muscles the natural way.

I'm not really posting here for advice, but more wondering if anyone else suffers something similar? It's a bugger

[Nekosan]

All i can see under that name is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperreflexia which is totally different, I used to do train with a guy whose shoulder would just pop out under pressure sometimes, eventually he had that operation where they drill holes in your socket and tighten it up using wire or whatever, worked a charm apparently.

[Disco LT]

Yeah that is one of the options, there are three different types of surgery with varying levels of success, of course a lot of it comes down to how well you follow the physio instructions after the operation.

If it comes to that I'll no doubt be on the elective surgery waiting list for 20 years.

[André Axe'm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermobility

[Disco LT]

That looks like it Andre! It's a **** condition, maybe I should have been a gymnist?

[Nekosan]

That looks like it Andre! It's a **** condition, maybe I should have been a gymnist?

IMO you join the police force and get assigned to high risk cases with your african american partner.

[CrazyMonkey]

IMO you join the police force and get assigned to high risk cases with your african american partner.

i just inhaled my mouthful of apple juice reading that...thanks

[Sniper 2]

My arm used to decide to pop itself out of the shoulder socket when ever it felt like it. Think the reason was due to work and martial arts training. Had physio on it but in the end decided on surgery.

Saw a private doctor in Adelaide who performed the operation with only a small scar (key hole surgery) to show for his efforts. It took 3 months of doing nothing afterwards before he gave me the all clear to start to lift some weights to strengthen the area. I hit the weights for about 8 weeks every day and now my shoulder gives me very little problems. I was lucky to have private insurance and a strong union which had income protection for any illness. Out of pocket expences came to just under $2000 which included all the physio appointments and the surgeons time.

If your shoulder keeps dislocating itself you are stretching the tendons that hold your arm to your torso. Over time this makes your shoulder socket weak and damaged from all the tearing and the only fix is surgery.

Apart from surgry try strengthening the muscles around your upper back / shoulder region.