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@HardtailHerold: More like a bivouac sack with solar panels.

@BenPea: Greater or lesser trochanter? Were you ever checked for avascular necrosis? This is an often missed condition when there are breaks to the bone near arteries. The artery is severed and the artery only supplies a very small part of the bone, so that part of bone withers and rots. It is easy to miss on initial radiographs and only shows up on radiographs some time later. What is your pain level 1-10 and does it fluctuate through out the day? What makes it worse? What makes it better? What are those pain levels? Key question: Do you have pain at night while sleeping that wakes you up or keeps you awake? For an advanced case.....do you have a fever? If you have unrelenting night pain...go to the ER now

@BenPea: dislocated shoulder is different from an AC joint separation. Also, which end of your humerus did you fracture? Dislocating a shoulder generally refers to the humerous dislocating from its connection to the scapula. The severity of this injury can be pretty mild as in it pops back in and never comes out again, to it pops out all the time and is very unstable. You are only a year out, so you got a good chance for conservative management with physio. If I were you, I'd see a physio, shoulder specialist. He can run some tests and determine if there is any joint instability, and then tell you what to do to work on it, and what to avoid to keep from making it worse. If that doesn't work you can look into surgeries. From what I've seen in the clinic, very difficult surgeries to bounce back from.

I have a stage 3 on the right and stage 1 on the left. Stage 1 only took a month or so to heal and I was back in the bike park that same season, basically a sprain. The stage 3 was like 4-6 weeks of a sling with PT and I think within 3 or 4 months of the injury I felt like I was back to 100%. Rapid recovery compared to other injuries I've experienced. I have a massive bump on the right but I can control how much my shoulder blade hangs down and reduce the bump. Surgeon told me they'd only fix it if I was in a profession with a lot of overhead work/movement like a painter or something. The stage 3 shoulder never really caused me any problems for about 15 years, very strong and mobile. The only limitations I noticed during that period was intolerance to carrying heavy things on top of my shoulder, early muscle fatigue with overhead work(like painting), and it took a few years before I felt comfortable laying or sleeping on that side. Now, after 15 years since that injury and about to finish physical therapy school I'm not sure I agree with my old surgeons assessment. The upper trap attaches to the clavicle and if it moves up the upper trap will shorten creating a less efficient muscle. Additionally, I notice that arm carrying a little bit more internal rotation. I think I can fix that with some training but I think not having the clavicle attached predisposes me to that increased IR and forward slump. I'm just starting to have some minor issues with that shoulder, but I can't definitively assign my shoulder/neck issues to that injury because I have confounding variables of multiple much more troublesome injuries. It's all connected... A quick search up of the anatomy of the AC joint and the shoulder in general might help you better understand your injury and why it sticks up. It always wanted to stick up, but the ligaments held it down and attached to the scapula, or maybe just the scapula hanging down abit gives the appearance of the clavicle sticking up, or both. The shoulder is really interesting because the clavicle to scapula attachment is the only bone to bone ligamentous attachment of the entire shoulder/arm complex. You blow that joint and now your arm is joined to your body by only muscle going from the scapula and humerus to your spine and rib cage. The only other bones like that are the hyoid in your neck and maybe the sesamoid in your foot.

Trail dogs especially need fish oil supplement for their entire lives. Helps them immensely.

Make sure you give your trail dogs fish oil and a joint supplement daily along with the highest quality food you can manage. It really, really helps them. And lay off the doggy NSAIDs, it'll rot their stomach in the long run...

@scferg: Aptos! Soquel! Cabrillo CC

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Bummer. Glad it wasn't worse. Heal up fast. If you still have pain /reduced function in a few years come see me and I can help.