Shoulder Dislocation Rehab Exercises 🩹

Today's video discusses rehab exercises that are designed to help with a shoulder that has popped out of the socket, which is referred to as a shoulder dislocation. The exercises in this video are useful for people who were born with extra joint mobility and people who have suffered an injury where their shoulder was dislocated.

When the shoulder pops out of the socket it can lead to shoulder instability. Shoulder instability describes a condition of increased joint mobility that affects the passive restraints of the shoulder joint (labrum, capsule and ligaments) and can be broadly classified as traumatic or atraumatic.

Traumatic cases result from an injury and are usually present on only one shoulder (unilateral) and demonstrate increased mobility in only one direction (unidirectional).

Atraumatic cases, on the other hand, often present without an injury and demonstrate increased mobility on both shoulders (bilateral) and in multiple directions (multi-directional instability).

Although both classifications of instability can improve with rehab, improvements do vary by type. Research has demonstrated that approximately 15% of traumatic cases showed good to excellent results with exercise while 83% of atraumatic cases showed improvement. The truth of the matter is that some traumatic cases will not improve with exercise and will require surgical intervention.

If you suffer from instability of the shoulder, make sure to give conservative care, specifically, neuromuscular control and muscle strength & endurance exercises a try before rushing into surgical reconstruction.

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00:00 Introduction
00:32 Shoulder Dislocations
01:27 Exercise 1: External Rotation in Neutral
02:59 Exercise 2: Internal Rotation in Neutral
04:14 Exercise 3: 90/90 External Rotation
05:28 Exercise 4: 90/90 Internal Rotation
06:24 Exercise 5: Clocks and Taps
09:14 My Self-Guided Rehab Book