Dislocated Shoulder(not me)

[RyanA]

So my good friend dislocated his shoulder for... like the 4th time playing basketball.

He was just getting a long rebound and the ball his hand while his arm was overhead and I guess it knocked it out.

I am going to ask my dad who has had shoulder surgery but can any of you offer some insights as to what you think my friend should do? He often lifts with me and has asked me to try to find some info on options and experiences with surgery and other rehab methods.

He has done the prescribed rehab and I have had him doing lots of shoulder work(especially posterior) when he gets better the past few times. I told him there are lots of band exercises that can be done, can anyone list some if you know of especially effective and low impact ones?

Thanks a lot everyone.

[Pam]

Ryan here are some links you may want to check out.

www.thera-bandacademy.com/exercises/showroutine.asp?erID=29&cat=body part&t=10%3A43%3A13+AM

www.nismat.org/ptcor/index.html - I've used his site a lot.

www.aafp.org/afp/990515ap/2773.html

[Pam]

Not sure what happened to that first link but it still works. If for some reason it doesnt for you just copy and paste the whole thing. Worked both way for me.

Pam