HAS ANYONE ON HERE EVER BROKEN THEIR SHOULDER OR KNOWN SOMEONE WHO HAS? I AM STARTING ON WEEK 4 OF MINE BEING BROKEN AND WAS HOPING TO GET SOME INPUT ON HOW LONG THE HEALING PROVESS TOOK FOR YOU,

SORRY FOR CAPS BUT I AM WORKING ONE HANDED HERE!

Happy, I've had 13 dislocated shoulders, broken the head of the humorus once and had a total reconstruction. Depending on what broke and how they fixed it you could be looking at anywhere from 3 months to a year for it to feel something like "normal".
The bones heal fairly fast (6 weeks), the soft tissue takes much longer. How is your range of motion so far?

By broken shoulder do you mean shoulder blade or clavicle. I would imagine the blade takes a very long time to heal, but I have never heard of anyone breaking this. But I have had many friends break their clavicle and it heals very, very quickly.

IT IS THE HUMURUS THAT I BROKE. I CAN MOVE MY FINGERS VERY WELL, I AM ABLE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY FROM IHE ARM BEING LOWERED TO ABOUT BUST HIGH. MY ORTHO HAS JUST PUT ME IN A SLING AND I GO TOMORROW FOR A 2 WEEK CHECK UP.

HE HAS NOT COMMITTED YET ON LENGTH OF TIME IN SLING, I AM GUESSING TOMORROW AND XRAY WILL GIVE HIM IDEA OF HOW I AM PROGRESSING!

I am guessing, as a larger bone, it will take longer to heal but will heal better than a clavicle. But I am no doctor. My brother broke his femur wrestling and was still able to wrestle just fine afterwards.

You CAP lock all day if you need too. That sounds very painful.

As the doctor will allow you, get the range of motion back. Range of motion is the key to a good recovery. If you broke the neck of the bone and they used rods, plates, screws to repair the bone it will take a bit longer as the surgery can cause a fair amount of trauma. But if the damage was not within the joint capsul itself, that will be in your favor as there will be less scar tissue in the way of your range of motion. If your docotr is ok with it, I would get a ball of some sort (racquetballs work well) and I would keep it with you and squeeze it a lot. it will help to keep the atrophy down a little.

My husband has major shoulder surgery just over a year ago. Almost from day one he tried to move the shoulder outside of the sling to help with the range of motion. Did wonders for him - but check with your doctor first. They also gave him a squeeze ball to use when we left the hospital as Bbb1 suggested.

ETA - my husband is a commercial lender so he doesn't like following the rules.

WELL THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. DANG SHOWER, MY FOOT SLIPPED AND DOWN AND OUT I WENY. I DO MOVE MY FINGERS A LOT AND I CAN PUT MY RINGS ON.

VERY INCOVENIENT MORE THAN ANYTHING. MY HAIR HASN'T SEEN A CURLING IRON IN OVER 3 WEEKS. I LOOK LIKE A BIG OLE SHEEP DOG!

Well Carp! That suxalot!
You obviously dont watch Big Bang Theory or you would know to have little ducks with umbrellas stuck to your shower floor to avoid that!
Get a ball and squeeze it. trust me on that one
The curling iron is less of an issue for me...

I broke mu kneecap a year ago and it is finally almost back to normal. I know it isn't the same but be sure to keep working on that range of motion as the doctor allows and go to physical therapy when allowed. My bone was healed in a few months but it was the movement and strength that I had to get back.

HAVE ONLY HAD A SLAP TEAR IN MY SHOULDER AND I'M LUCKY THAT PHYSICAL THERAPY AND CORTISONE INJECTIONS HAVE ALLOWED ME FULL RANGE OF MOTION. BROKE AN ELBOW ONCE AND IT WAS 3 MONTHS IN A CAST AND SEVERAL MORE WEEKS UNTIL IT HEALED.

I'M TYPING IN CAPS BECAUSE OF THE SYMPATHY PAINS I AM FEELING FOR YOU...GOOD LUCK

I GOTTA ASK WHAT IS A SLAP TEAR, i ENVISION MANY THINGS!!! IS THAT LIKE A BIOTCH SLAP! SORRY NOT MAKING LIGHT OF YOUR INJURY!

It is a small tear in the labrum (cartillage around the shoulder bone and socket) that generally worsens over time...

WELL IT SOUNDS PAINFUL!

it certainly was...until i did PT and they showed how to get full range of motion back

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE WEEKS I WILL BE IN THIS SLING! MY BIGGEST COCERN IS HEALING. I TAKE PREDINSONE SO MY LUPUS WILL NOT ATTACK MY KIDNEYS. I KNOW AFTER 10 YEARS OF THUIS, THE BONES HAVE SUFFERED SOME. I NEED TO GET BACK TO SOMETHING LIKE BONIVA TO OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF THE STERIODS!

I am still a little confused by the all caps thing... wouldn't one key stroke of the caps lock key take care of this issue?

the "caps lock" is on the left side of the keyboard

if it's your left shoulder that is broken and in a sling...can't reach the left side of your keyboard


duh

Well, the exclamation point is on the left hand side as well and I see it being used frequently, and it requires the use of a second key simultaneously as well .

I'm not sayin, but I'm just sayin'.

hmmmm...good point

SORRY JUST EASIER FOR ME WITH JUST THE USE OF ONE HAND!

i'd prefer it like this, with all lower. even if the capitalization rules aren't followed. IT'S HARD TO READ THIS ESPECIALLY WHEN THE POST IS LONG.

You have to keep in mind that some of us never took a typing class, cant type without watching our fingers and make so many typos its not even wprth correcting them all...like me!
So anything that makes it harder (or painful) aint gonna happen. When I had my sling, it took a proclamation from The Almighty for me to even think of typing.

Did I mention you should get a ball..?