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shoulder dislocation - tales of woe/joy wanted 11-Dec-2012 At 7:32:05 PM White Gold

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Update: So I saw John Salmon the other day. He said as it is your first dislocation to do all the rehab and start doing everything you use to do when your physio gives you the go ahead. See how your shoulder goes. If it doesn't feel stable, feels uncomfortable or you dislocate it again in the next two years come back and see me and then i'll operate.
If I was playing contact sport, was going to become a professional climber or go and climb mt Everest which isn't on the books atm he would recommend doing the operation now. It doesn't make any difference whether I do it now or in 5 years...unless I do more damage to it in the mean time eg. Another couple of dislocations.
Once you have start dislocating 4-5+ times you are starting do some real damage and the operation becomes a lot more invasive.
So fingers crossed and I'll see how I go.