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I was in a motorcycle accident this year and rcvd BPI injury with avulsion of 3 roots. My question is: Does everyone with this injury have the arm pop out of the shoulder socket (or seem that way)? How do the doctors know that it's not a torn rotator cup that keeps me from lifting my arm?

Chris, the arm popping out of the socket, very often, is subluxation, the muscles in the shoulder are two weak (lack of inervation)to hold the arm in the socket. The arm eing that there is not muscle control in there either, makes the arm heavy which adds to the subluxation. i Hope this makes sense. It is 2am but I think it should.......

Court xx

Thanks Court. I thought it was normal but not sure. Glad to hear I'm not the only one.

Chris feel free to ask as many questions here as you like. Ones that you might think are dumb probably arent! You just go ahead and ask...... I have been around here for 2 years or so but some have been here longer that that. We have all been throughn it so where ver we can help please let us! Dont go through this blindly..... have a great holiday season!

COurt xx

my sons arm pops out often. It subluxes in every direction. His hand also gets ice cold.

In n my personal experience, the coldness comes from lack of circulation. When I Wore a sling I didnt notice it as much as I do now, when it gets scols, it gets really cold and stays that way! Not usre where you live Denise but keep the hand and arm warm. SOmetimes keeping the arm warm helps with the hand! I wear an arm warmer in the cold months, I live in Michigan. Its like a leg warmer and I wear it under my clothes...... just a thought!

COurt xx

My name is Chris too and i was also in motorcycle accident and my sgoulder does the same thing, Not to intrude or n e thing but What happened in your accident?

I was cut off by some jerk that decided he could cut across 3 lanes and beat a sport bike to the upcoming exit. I was thrown end over end and landed 2 feet from his car. Not a good day. You?

Well i was on my way to the store on my lunch break to get a bag of chips. And a girl cut in front of me and i hit the side of the car at about 70km/hr i stood up cuz i know what happens if u don't and over the car i went

Does anyone have the problem of the shoulder dislocating with the slightest movement? My sons dislocates and he pops it back in himself, but he has been in horrible pain