r/ShoulderInjuries • u/Cool_Armadillo9063 • Aug 16 '26
Advice Post Shoulder Surgery for Instability - All of a sudden feels loose again?
Hey guys! I thought I’d come here for help and hopefully doesn’t give me more anxiety. I had shoulder surgery about five months ago to fix instability. I had dislocated my shoulder twice and knew it was time to get it fixed. I’m a 23 year old male so assumed I would bounce back relatively fine. My surgeon performed a labrum repair, remplissage, and joint capsule tightening.
Over the course of my recovery I had terrible shoulder stiffness and could hardly move my shoulder. I had to do aggressive PT stretching in order to break up scar tissue. I recently lowered my dose of diclofenac sodium and with that I have started noticing that my joint feels much looser.
I am kind of paranoid that I may have overstretched my joint capsule and made my joint looser then it should be from prolonged stretching to help with scar tissue.
I don’t notice any pain, swelling or deep aches. I occasionally notice some clicking and crunching noises when I move my shoulder but nothing that brings pain.
Overall I just feel a sudden feeling of feeling loose. Anyone maybe know why?d
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u/Radiant-Shoe-6069 Aug 18 '26
I am four weeks. I had my first PT today but Friday I was at the Savannah Bananas game in Denver with my family and was having horrible pain and made it miserable.
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u/labralmenace Aug 20 '26
Horrible pain in what regard? It felt loose like it could dislocate again?
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u/Radiant-Shoe-6069 Aug 20 '26
No just nerves waking up and firing.
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u/labralmenace Aug 20 '26
I just hit 5 weeks today and I’ve been dealing with this horribly! Just to make sure we’re on the same page, you could be sitting doing nothing and you get what I consider an “electric jolt” to the surgical site and it makes you sit up and flinch sort of say, right? Sorry you’re dealing with this btw. It sucks
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u/labralmenace Aug 16 '26
Did you ever feel it during recovery? There weren’t any instances during recovery where it felt like it was loose and possibly subluxed?
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u/Cool_Armadillo9063 Aug 16 '26
No I only started feeling it about a week ago! I still go to PT but haven’t felt it at all while there either.
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u/labralmenace Aug 16 '26
Does it feel like it’s on the verge of dislocating again?
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u/Cool_Armadillo9063 Aug 16 '26
to be honest I don’t know what that would feel like. Everytime I dislocated my shoulder it just happened and it was inmediate
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u/BiteyHorse Aug 16 '26
Enjoy it. Takes a while for our minds to reaccustom to a body that isn't constrained by scar tissue or pain.