The most annoying thing about this injury as people think you are faking the pain. It’s everything you have said.

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First thing I would say is definitely contact a doctor after an injury like this. Even if you manage to get it back into place nice and quick there’s a tonne of damage you might have done to surrounding bones, tendon’s, ligament and muscle.
When I dislocated my shoulder the first time I didn’t actually realise for about 10 minutes, thought I had just bruised my arm and was being a baby! fell a few more times and began to feel sick with the pain. It is arguably the most uncomfortable feeling to have a bone out of place like that.
The second time my shoulder popped out I was in the water and was a bit more complicated as the speed boat didn’t come back for me so I had to re-set it myself, in the water, so that I could swim back to the boat…..
I basically did what you have explained above, position your arm straight down and then pulled down on my wrist with as much force as I could. I’m not going to lie it does feel horrible, and it does hurt, but it’s nothing like the pain you get when it’s been out for 25 minutes and all your muscles have locked your arm into your chest and you can’t move it at all.
Sorry if I’ve went on a bit there, really just wanted to say thanks for the info I’m sure a lot of people will find it useful. I am now designing a brace for dislocated shoulder recovery as my final year Uni project and would also urge anyone who regularly participates in sport to purchase one, make sure its going to do the job though.

For anyone who has recently suffered from this injury I would encourage you to stick to the muscle building and stability exercises any physio will give you as these help a lot! Also just to take it a bit easier in the future as this injury is a b*****d, it wont go away and like everyone has said can happen pretty much any time your shoulder is in an awkward position.

Cheers!
Ben

This is the best & most straightforward method, and least painful that I’ve encountered.

The hardest part was trying to get out of the water, though. Those of you who have it dislocated probably know that you can’t really turn your arm any direction without intense pain. I had to keep it straight out while trying to get out of the lake. Even after I finally managed to get out, I constantly had to ask someone to hold my arm for me as if it were a lifeless object just because I couldn’t do it anymore. NOT a pleasant experience, I can tell you that!

Although I said Shaun’s advice is credible, I would advise that if you had some kind of freak accident like I did and you know that there is a possibility that there has been some other damage with tissue around the socket that your arm goes into, go to the doctor so they can see the best way to solve the problem. When the doctors were trying to x-ray me, they were trying to see if the dislocation was anterior or posterior and whatnot, so this tells me that the problem could be a little more complicated than one would think.

Sorry to hear that your experience has been so bad. I’ve lived through the exact same thing, but without all that trauma. The techniques mentioned will still work today. Simple but effective., Hopefully your future is bright now that you know.

This injury has haunted me for years. Not so often any more, but for the first few years my shoulder would pop out at the most inconvenient moments. However, after some experience, I gained true insight knowledge of how to correct the issue. Which is of course evident on this page. If you do still suffer from this injury,, do follow what you read here. Because it works! Every time too.