United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

I have a subluxed left shoulder where the humerus ball is always moving toward the front of the shoulder and it causes a stretching like feeling with the nerve pain. Pain and scapula winging is bilateral. I do go to Physical Therapy for gym exercises, pool therapy and myofascial release therapy with electrical stim but am wondering of exercises just for keeping the arm back in the socket(as well as lift subluxation) and not always having the ball of the arm from humerus bone forward. Thanks if you reply! I appreciate input-no nerve or muscle transfer surgery done and my car accident was a yr ago 5-8. Am waiting in line to see a Brachial Plexus spec as the "wait and see" every 4 mo MD visit is getting old and your advice was to have the wait and see get up and go!

I think I might just be lucky with my shoulder, but when I was doing a lot of physio, I used a hook designed for weightlifters - it straps around your wrist. This allowed me to do exercises with a 5lb or so weight - I'd just lift and rotate the shoulder. If somebody's standing at your side, they'd see your shoulder going in circles. That allowed me to build up my shoulder enough to stop it being so hollowed out, and hanging so low. I don't wear a sling now, so I think just lifting the weight of the arm helps.

i too have the same problem.
had a brace arrive yesterday that you can wear at gym etc, and after a day of wearing, seems to help keep it from sublaxing.

http://www.physiosupplies.com.au/acatal ... Brace.html
with the extra stabilizer strap.

so after 2 years, im going to get back to gym and give it a go.

shaun

I am definetely ordering one of those. thanks for the post

The exercise that worked to pull Dustin's shoulder back up was to lay on the ground and try to move the arm like you are making a snow angel. Not sure how much movement you have there? At first we had to put a large cardboard underneath him, so there was not so much friction with the carpet, and a hand towel under the arm. He would try to move it and I would help guide it further up than he could go. Eventually he could do it all the way. No more sublexed shoulder these days.
Sue