shoulder brace + body armor ???

[mandown]

ok, so i just dislocated my right shoulder for the 2nd time in the last 4 years :nopity: . not quite ready to look at surgery, but i do think it is time for a brace. anybody using a shoulder brace? anyone using a brace with body armor? i would appreciate any and all insight and real life experience stories on this subject. :thumb:

[ViciousDHer]

661 has one. I'll be wearing it for the first time this year.661 shoulder brace (http://www.vsportgroup.com/gear/support_shoulder.html)

[mandown]

661 has one. I'll be wearing it for the first time this year.661 shoulder brace (http://www.vsportgroup.com/gear/support_shoulder.html)

how has it been working out for you so far?
are you using it because of shoulder dislocation injuries, or other reasons?
does it come in rootbeer?
can you run a 24" 3.0 gazza with it?
will the warranty be voided if you use it with a dual crown?

[JoeRay]

I've dislocated both shoulders at one point in time or the other, my left one was like 12 years ago and the right about four.

Did the whole physio and rehab thing but it still took about four or so years for my left shoulder to become fully stable again, ie not loose in socket. And it still gets a bit loose when I'm tired now too but not like a few years back.

The right one was a minor one more a pop in and out rather than dislocate and it come as good as it used to be in no time.

My physio at the time told me the you can't effectively strap the shoulder mainly because its a ball joint and doing so may encourage weakness in another arc so just do the rehab start light and keep doing it.

They're important things to get right and I'm paranoid about them. I still find myself idly doing the little exercise my physio gave me after all this time.

My old man dislocated his shoulders way back in the day, did little physio and kept playing rubgy on them. Now can you say 'oesteoarthritis'. He has less then 5 degrees movement in some arcs where there usually is 90. And I don't know if this applies to other cases but his ortho sugeon says operating on them will give him nothing in terms of movement or comfort. So live with it.

So wear a brace if it gives you confidence in the joint just check with a physio that it won't be weakening other areas.

[Garrett]

EVS also makes a shoulder brace similar to the 661. I've dislocated my shoulder quite a few times in the past 2 years and I've found that wearing a brace does help somewhat, but in the case of a hard jolt it doesn't keep it in. For me working out and doing excercises my orthopedic surgeon and physical therapist gave me works the best. Given how many times I've dislocated mine I should probably have surgery, but I just don't think I could handle 6 months of not being able to do anything. My advice would be to go to physical therapy and do the excises they give you religiously.

[ViciousDHer]

how has it been working out for you so far?
are you using it because of shoulder dislocation injuries, or other reasons?
does it come in rootbeer?
can you run a 24" 3.0 gazza with it?
will the warranty be voided if you use it with a dual crown?

Haven't tried it yet, still waiting for snow to melt.
shoulder dislocation
wish it did that'd be pimp
if ya want to
probably