Over in an older article (Stupid Shoulder Injury), Mark asks the following:
Doc Dill,
I suffered a bad fall while training for jujitsu and had to have surgery for a torn labrum.
I've sense been thru about a year's worth of physical therapy training and my shoulder doesn't always feel like it used to but at least it's not slipping out anymore.
I'd like to get back into grappling but I'd like to do so safely. Do you think a shoulder support product while grappling could help?
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Thanks,
Mark
Doc Dill responds:
Well Mark, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but no external support will protect your shoulder well enough for me to tell you to return to grappling. Torn labrums are career enders for most sports that involve throwing or forceful arm movements like boxing or wrestling. I think you can train and drill but go live and I betcha you'll f*** it up again. That being said when you return to grappling you need to do something to limit the "At risk" position. that would be the position of arm out at horizontal with hand up, like when you hand signal a right turn in a vehicle.
Good luck and consider embroidery as your new hobby.
Doc Dill
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