i tried to look for a medical forum on the net, but it is so hard to find one. i hate to ask this question here for the obvious reason.
my question: i dislocated my shoulder at least 5 times now, everytime it would pop back by itself, or my friend pop it back. well anyway, i was wondering if my shoulder would get more and more mess up for everytime it dislocate. if nobody knows the answer, does anybody know any medical forum website?
thansk

There are lots of sites. I can't vouch for their accuracy or helpfulness. Try these:

http://health.yahoo.com/health/expert/


http://www.flora.org/ask-doctor/


http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/askdoc.html

you may want to use a search engine such as www.google.com and type in "medical + websites" or" medical + forums" ( without the quotes ). or various combinations of words. or shoulder dislocation. i'm sure there is an abundanceof stuff out there. i'm living with one myself. can't play softball like i used to, no accuracy. :-(

But in the final analysis you can only rely on a face-to-face physician's examination of your particular case. Every case is unique.

http://www.refdesk.com/

With the abundance of information on the internet comes an abundance of inaccurate advice as well as useful advice, and no real reliable way to tell one from the other.

Here's some advice that could fall into either category, so take it with a grain of salt and plan on seeing an orthopedic surgeon or two before you formulate a definitive plan. Usually the most damage is done at the first dislocation, when the front of the socket gets torn off and sometimes creates a defect in the head of the humerus as well. If that situation goes onto recurrent dislocations (which in your case it has, by your description) the future likelihood of further dislocations is so high that it begins to make sense to have the defect repaired, especially in a younger age group. While technically you are doing more damage each time it re-dislocates, the amount of damage is very small compared to the damage that is already there. One of the events that typically drives patients to finally get something done is when the shoulder dislocates while you are sleeping, or some similarly annoying time.

The first priority is for your doctor to establish the type of dislocation (anterior, posterior, traumatic, atraumatic, etc.), which can be usually done with a good exam, x-rays, and possibly an MRI. Some people diagnose their own shoulder problem as a "dislocation" when in fact something else is going on, and on top of that there are some types of dislocations that are best left alone, without doing any surgery.

So the real answer is not to take a stranger's advice (like this) over the internet. Get the information you can, be skeptical of some of it, and as Louis suggested in a previous post, see a qualified orthopedist about it to get the facts that apply to YOUR shoulder, not everyone else's.

I've always trusted this site: http://healthcentral.com/home/home.cfm


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Where have you been hiding Tree Bucket? Your posts have been missed.:clap: :lol:

www.webmd.com

I urge you to follow it.
I've had two shoulder surgeries, looking at #3.
regards, Jack

these other sites may familiarize you with things, but i'm with d.bahn, too.

ortho nurse, alias-

Hey Jack ! First of all sorry about your shoulder Surgeries. I went through 2 shoulder Surgeries without any relief,and as you ,i was facing a 3rd . However a different Surgeon from the same center ordered An MRI,and a Myligram(Spelling Terrible) the one where they inject dye and take many pictures, it was determined that i had 3 cervical vertebre that were practically gone, after 7 hours of Surgery on the cervical spine , grafting of bone from my hip,inserting steel plates,i am finally pain free in that area.I feel that the 2 shoulder surgeries were not necessary,a gross case of mis diagnosis. Good luck with any future surgies.

Just so you know, dbahn who answered you in post # 5 is an orthopedic surgeon.

Please don't hold that against me! Everyone should have a job of some kind.

> Everyone should have a
>job of some kind.

I haven't had one in almost 5 years*. There goes the old self-esteem. LOL

*Is RETIREMENT a satisfactory substitute?

Jim.

Frointom a medical point of view-yes and no. You should see an orthopedics surgeon and have it fixed. It will just become weaker and easier to dislocate. Long term I would be afraid of loss of function in the the joint.

Do any of the moderators want to move this to the Off-Topic Lounge?

>Do any of the moderators want to move this to the Off-Topic
>Lounge?

Why move it,Question has been asked and answered fully,if it bothers you here don't read it.}(

Jim.

.......time warp?


Worse than that. Wouldn't the original thread have been on PC911????

Ah ha, clever bit of spotting there Jim. I never look at dates.

Dave you are right, this would have been on PC911 and over there we had no OT lounge so it is not misplaced.

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