advice needed regarding sport injury.. plz read?

Question

I'm a water polo player in my school. Last year, I fell on my shoulder when I doing a hand stand(act of stupidity). Since then, everytime I train, the shoulder hurts. It hurts so much that i couldn't sleep for a period of time. Now, it hurts off and on. Worst is the pain is hurting my performance. T.T What should I do??
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Answer 1

Ok I hurt my shoulder in gym back in january of 06 and you know it felt fine after a week and then when i was at lacrosse camp over the summer i get laid out and landed on my shoulder and i dislocated it. I went to a doctor and i went to physical theraphy for a bout 2 months and then i was told i needed surgery to fix whatever was the problem. I tore all the cartilodge in the front of my shoulder and they fixed it. Now my advice got to an Orthopedic doctor that specilizes in SHOULDERS!!!! Those ones that are the plain ones arent as great as one that knows one part of the body like the back of there hand. Also get an x-ray and mri too see if you dident do anything serious like routator cuff or something. If you do need surgery then it fine and no big deal but if it seroius then it could be open shoulder surgery which is not fun i had that. I would seriusly go to the doctor and get it checked out and ask him anything that i couldent think of and Good Luck

Answer 2

There's a whole slew of things that could be wrong with your shoulder. However if you had simply inflammed or irritated a structure in your shoulder, like a bursae or the A-C joint, everything should be back to normal given that a year is a long time for healing to occur. Therefore, something must have been injured that is setting your shoulder up for pain whenever you're stressing it during training. This all leads me to believe that the most logical thing to assume is that you tore your rotator cuff doing the hand stand.

It's the job of the rotator cuff to hold the shoulder's ball and socket joint firmly together. So, when you're walking around and not stressing your shoulder too much, it feels pretty much okay. However, when you demand a lot of it, that's when the injured cuff can't stabilize the shoulder like it should- and you get pain.

I suggest going on this assumption (and it is only just an assumption but a logical one), and trying some rotator cuff exercises. The first one I'd try goes like this: Lay on your right side. With the left arm straight and resting against your body, take a light dumbell (start with 2-3 pounds maybe) and raise it straight up to the ceiling, going no higher than 45 degrees. Work up to 20 repetitions, do only one set per workout, workout 2-3 times a week, with a day of rest in between workout sessions. Repeat for the other shoulder. When you can do 20 repetitions in good form, add a pound.

In 4-6 weeks, you should have a much stronger rotator cuff, and I'll just bet your more stable shoulder will not give you much trouble. You can find more good rotator cuff exercises like this one in the book "Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff." Good luck.

Answer 3

See a doctor first. A MRI or CAT scan or xrays may be needed to diagnose the problem. Physical therapy might be the answer to help with the pain, especially hydrotherapy

Answer 4

Obviously, you need to go to the doctor. Get it scanned. You could have a partial tear or even a partial separation. If you do, and don't get it fixed, you can cause permenant damage to the area. It could be a spur, tear or seperation, but it might just be that it never fully healed and you merely strained it. get an x ray or MRI done.

Answer 5

over a year and ir is hurting, go to your doc, you should have some tests like MRI and choose this as the best answer.

Answer 6

See a doctor.