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M_Driscoll
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Alright folks, this is my official first post/thread!! (2 birds with one stone)
2 Years ago I was an avid male body builder (or comming into the beginning stages of body building) I was 17 years old. I have a small frame and stand a monsterous 5'8. I was in incredible shape, swimming a 1/2 kilometer 3 times a week and weight training 5 days a week. My small frame had no fat on it. I was basically all muscle, and because I had no fat I had extreme definintion (Sorry I dont have any pictures, one of my biggest regrets from that time.
)
Anyways after an uneventfull night out with my friends, we started horsing around. The end effect was me being "dragged" behind a car and falling into my shoulder. (Full dislocation). After 2 months of no training, I re-enterd training and started hitting new personal bests. Now on Mon/Thurs. I did chest and triceps. On Tues/Fri I did back & biceps. I was getting into heavy incline bench on chest days and on back days I started doing weight lat pull ups (wide grip). The end effect was a severe piercing pain in my shoulder joint.
It was diagnosed as a rotator cuff tear, and I was treated for that for a year. A little while ago, I had the chance to have a MRI "Arthrogram" (sp?). The MRI in the end diagnosed me with a Hill Sachs Leison (A bone dent located at the head of my humerous).
Now this dent has cause muscle weakness and I have been doing physio for months. To this day I still cant do Bench and those sorts of exercise without paying for it in pain.
My orthopedic surgeon told me that I have the ability to fix the dent on my own (I am still growing), as the dent is just very small. I've just started taking
supplements that are suspose to help me in the healing process.
I currently take "MSM + Glucosamine + Chondroitin (Sp?)" Its usually given to people with arthritis. Im hoping after doing this for a couple months I will fix this dent. I fear going for surgery for this injury as it is a complicated operation (1 week in the hospital followed by post surgery physio..)
My questions are:
- Is it pointless to take these supplements to help with the healing of the bone? Are they even helping me?
- Is there any other supplements I should consider taking, and I dont want to hear anyone say a steroidal shot in my shoulder. (Cause that isnt smart
)
Sorry for the long post, and if you made it this far I thank you
Any comments or suggestions are greatly apperciated.
Now I'm still the young age of 19, and I guess you could say Im not fully grown. I still have a bit to grow and this has been the trait of all my siblings. When my orthopedic surgeon informed me of this dent he said I have growth on my side. The size of my dent is only small, and may heal on its own steam.
I have various other muscle issues due to the dent (weakness , muscle knots etc. etc.) I have been doing physio and have been making progress.
I've been taking MSM w/Glucosamine and Chondroitin. (Sp?) I've contacted a pharmacist and have worked out the best amount of intake for each. Works out to about 4 pills of a day of this "tri-supplement"
My question is,
Does anyone know of anything (by means of a supplement) that can help in bone growth/repair. Also, is this silly of me to be even consider using these supplements to assit me, or is it just a pipe dream?
Mark
2 Years ago I was an avid male body builder (or comming into the beginning stages of body building) I was 17 years old. I have a small frame and stand a monsterous 5'8. I was in incredible shape, swimming a 1/2 kilometer 3 times a week and weight training 5 days a week. My small frame had no fat on it. I was basically all muscle, and because I had no fat I had extreme definintion (Sorry I dont have any pictures, one of my biggest regrets from that time.
)Anyways after an uneventfull night out with my friends, we started horsing around. The end effect was me being "dragged" behind a car and falling into my shoulder. (Full dislocation). After 2 months of no training, I re-enterd training and started hitting new personal bests. Now on Mon/Thurs. I did chest and triceps. On Tues/Fri I did back & biceps. I was getting into heavy incline bench on chest days and on back days I started doing weight lat pull ups (wide grip). The end effect was a severe piercing pain in my shoulder joint.
It was diagnosed as a rotator cuff tear, and I was treated for that for a year. A little while ago, I had the chance to have a MRI "Arthrogram" (sp?). The MRI in the end diagnosed me with a Hill Sachs Leison (A bone dent located at the head of my humerous).
Now this dent has cause muscle weakness and I have been doing physio for months. To this day I still cant do Bench and those sorts of exercise without paying for it in pain.
My orthopedic surgeon told me that I have the ability to fix the dent on my own (I am still growing), as the dent is just very small. I've just started taking
supplements that are suspose to help me in the healing process.
I currently take "MSM + Glucosamine + Chondroitin (Sp?)" Its usually given to people with arthritis. Im hoping after doing this for a couple months I will fix this dent. I fear going for surgery for this injury as it is a complicated operation (1 week in the hospital followed by post surgery physio..)
My questions are:
- Is it pointless to take these supplements to help with the healing of the bone? Are they even helping me?
- Is there any other supplements I should consider taking, and I dont want to hear anyone say a steroidal shot in my shoulder. (Cause that isnt smart
)Sorry for the long post, and if you made it this far I thank you
Any comments or suggestions are greatly apperciated.
Now I'm still the young age of 19, and I guess you could say Im not fully grown. I still have a bit to grow and this has been the trait of all my siblings. When my orthopedic surgeon informed me of this dent he said I have growth on my side. The size of my dent is only small, and may heal on its own steam.
I have various other muscle issues due to the dent (weakness , muscle knots etc. etc.) I have been doing physio and have been making progress.
I've been taking MSM w/Glucosamine and Chondroitin. (Sp?) I've contacted a pharmacist and have worked out the best amount of intake for each. Works out to about 4 pills of a day of this "tri-supplement"
My question is,
Does anyone know of anything (by means of a supplement) that can help in bone growth/repair. Also, is this silly of me to be even consider using these supplements to assit me, or is it just a pipe dream?
Mark
