Shit man that sucks!
Dislocated
Torn rotator cuff
Torn deltoid
Which one of these 3 was it?! I sure as shit hope you went to get an X-ray! You may even need an MRI depending on the results of the X-ray.
It sucks when we try to do something that we could have years ago and our body gives us a big old “nope, sorry asshole you didn’t stretch let’s get you an injury” lol.
For this very reason of anticipating something like this, I’ve practiced wiping my ass and brushing my teeth, not at the same time and with hand washing between of course, with my left hand so that I can get used to doing them while I’m not jacked up. Not fun but shit happens! Lol
I wasnt even sure what the deltiod one was but I had a google and it looks like that would fit the symptoms!
I haven't been to the docs but it genuinely seems to be improving a little and that has been a short space of time so I am hoping it is not a full on pull or tear and just a strain or something.
But yeah, I remember I could do as I pleased without giving a hoot for the consequences! Not like now!
Deltoid is an important one but you can live without getting it fixed. One of the most important things with repairing muscles like that is limit the sugar intake!! Sugar slows down healing of these things so it sucks to deal with it but eliminate sugar as much as you can and it should get better in a good manner.
I can’t speak much of it though because I partially tore my bicep tendon years ago but never got it looked at :D. It’s largely back to normal except I can’t do pull ups because of the strain it puts on it. I haven’t done a pull up or attempted in a while but when I was going to the gym all the time that was my biggest limitation. These things do heal, we just have to be careful with them.
In a couple weeks, I figure around maybe July you should do some light physical therapy to help give it some strength back. Keep that up for a while and you should be largely back to normal! PT exercises for deltoid are super easy too, can get a resistance band off Amazon for like 5$ and that’s all you need. Look up a few videos and bam, you save a trip to the doctor.
Oh that is good to know. By limiting my movement these last days I have noticed a difference already. It is not that horrifying deep ache anymore and I can move my arm in a wider range without screaming. I have a resistance band or two from previous injuries so I think you are right. I will check out a couple of vids and see what I can be doing to help it. It is a bummer now that you mention pull ups as that is one of my mainstays in the gym as it is sog good! We do have one of those ones that assist your weight though so I can pile the pounds on that to make myself light when ready!
Till then, easy does it!