 12-22-2012, 09:03 AM | #1 |
| Member  | Any luck healing Distal Clavicle Osteolysis without Surgery I know there are several threads about Distal Clavicle, but I'd like to start this one for anyone who can share about any recovery they've had WITHOUT SURGERY. I'd like to heal my shoulder without going under the knife. About 9 months ago I started getting slight pain in my shoulder. I think it might have been from hand-release-pushups, which I was doing a lot of at the time. Unfortunately, the pain at the start wasnt enough to bother me, so I trained through the pain (and probably made it worse). Eventually it became a bit more painful, and I could feel the separation between my clavicle and scapula. At the worst point, I could not do dips or do anything that required reaching back (wrapping a town around was the worst). An orthopedic surgeon diagnosed me as having Discal Clavicle Osteolysis. After this I avoided the painful exercises... dips, muscleups, bench, and to be safe shoulder press(although wasnt painful)... for a month or two, and the pain went away. My physical therapist suggested rotary cuff strengthening exercises, which I did, starting with a rubber band, and now I use resistance via a cable machine. Now, the pain in my shoulder is virtually gone, but there is still significant separation. Also, my good shoulder is now separated (but no pain)! Dips, pushups, and benching feel very strange on both of my shoulders and they click and grinds a lot... so I still avoid them. I also don't do any kipping, the swinging feels like it puts too much strain on my shoulders. This is unfortunate for me because in the past I was very strong with the gymnastic side of crossfit.  I've been doing a lot of kettlebell work lately... swings and turkish gettups have been my friends. Light weight overhead squatting with barbells seem to feel good on my shoulder, so I do that. So I do that exercise a bit too. Other then that I squat, dealfit (seems to not put any strain on my joint), jump rope, and run. I miss jumping up on the rings or doing massive sets up kips Anyone out there recovered from this without surgery? Any tips? |
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| 12-23-2012, 08:06 PM | #2 |
| Member | Re: Any luck healing Distal Clavicle Osteolysis without Surgery If it is true osteolysis of the distal clavicle, then it is either wait and see and modify, PT or have surgery |
