Subluxation
February 23rd, 2007 |So apparently I was suffering from subluxation of the shoulder rather than dislocation.
Hey, I ain’t no damn doctor.
Subluxation is 50% of the way to dislocation and it don’t feel too good so I’m not interested in any lipping off about being a cry baby.
As opposed to full dislocation, where the ball of the joint has slipped and is sitting fully outside of the joint, subluxation results in the ball being pulled out of the joint and then teetering on the edge of full dislocation. It is at this point that the muscles in my shoulder have been pulling the ball back into joint.
Subluxation does not cause nearly the same amount of damage to the shoulder that a dislocation can.
The white circular ring inside the shoulder joint shown above is call the labrum. While the MRI showed extensive tearing of the labrum at the front and the top of the ring, surgery is not required at this point. I can get away with 6 to 8 weeks of physical therapy and then determine how stable the joint is at that point.
There is a 20% higher incident for joint arthritis for those who suffer dislocation but there is no data for those who only suffer subluxation.
Final diagnosis: Super Rookie does not win a single race on the boards this season.
