Shoulder worries consuming my life - how to resume safely after SLAP tear

[Kostas Theodorakis]

I have dislocated both my shoulders 3-4 times each in a span of 15-20 years (from the age of 15 to 35 roughly) .. playing basketball, rock climbing, mountain biking, etc..
All were hits, falls and generally traumatic and painful.
I got x-rays, MRIs, at first, then I just had someone who knew put it back in, strapped it for a few weeks and went about my business.
After training systematically, with pullups and weights, for a few years I am now in my early forties and feel absolutely no pain or even a tingle..
Just hang from a pull-up bar at first, then start pullups and presses, increase resistance gradually and your shoulders will be stronger and stop hurting.

[dalan]

got to be a troll.

I don't have any pain except for a little when I do something I never do in daily life. I'm going to quit lifting.

Definitely a troll.

[gadsie]

I don't have any pain except for a little when I do something I never do in daily life. I'm going to quit lifting.

Definitely a troll.

I wish I was. I probably subconsciously downplaying the complaints a little bit, because I don’t want to believe I’m in bad shape. I definitely have some mild inflammatory type aches and pains throughout the day and a little more with certain movements, just not very bad.

The point is that a 24 year old should not have arthritic (inflammatory) type pain. Anyway, the MRI will tell.

[Mark Rippetoe]

What is your bodyweight/height?

[gadsie]

What is your bodyweight/height?

6’1, 176lbs

[Mark Rippetoe]

Gain 40 pounds and this excruciating pain will go away.

[CommanderFun]

6’1, 176lbs

You are woefully underfed. Probably bad eating habits you built from high school through college. I had the same things. I was in one point in high school 6'1 and 120 pounds before I ever resolved to try and change myself with exercise. Even adding the exercise in I topped out at 180 before I started to eat more as I got older.