This has gone on since January....I need advice!!?

Question

have been in phisycal thepary for my shoulders since march. the therpists are confuzed because they say it if it was what they thought it was it should be better by now, but it has stayed the same. i am swimmer and one night in january had to do over 1000 pushups in practice. i have had pain ever since. i havent been swimming since febuary. they thought it was impegment syondome, but at PT in july they did some tests where they moved my shoulder around and it was coming out of place and popping then they think it is a damaged labrum. i went to an ortho doctor and he said it is weak and we need to strength it [which ive been doing for 2 months now] and the pain seems to be getting a little bit worse. ive been really careful and still have not swam [and i miss it so much!]. i am playing field hockey and doing quite abit of running but no pushups or anything. i have a follow up with the ortho doc in mid september and he says if nothings improving, we might have to try the camera in my shoulder to see whats wrong. im so sick of not knowing whats going on. can anyone help or give me some advice?

thanks so much. xo

Answer 1

due to your shoulder subluxing (poping in and out) you need to get an mri and possibly have an arthroscopic surgery to atleast get a first person view of your labrum. A labral tear is the number one reason a shoulder subluxes and is also the beginning of a torn rotator cuff. If you can't get an mri than go to someone who will. If it has been this long and nothing is better than they need to get a better look. The test we perform give us an idea what is wrong and we can treat based on that but i always follow up with an mri or xray depending on the injury.

Answer 2

100 pushups is excessive tomy mind.Some areas need a lot of rest and you dont seem to be resting enough.  Hockey is making use of your shoulder area.  Heat pads at night might be a good idea, but I think you have not actually stopped using the area.  Lots and lots of time is needed.