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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jakeman" data-source="post: 4150144" data-attributes="member: 10690">[ATTACH=full]425115[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]425116[/ATTACH]My bruising wasn’t near as bad, but my incision was just a wee bit larger. Broke the actual shoulder socket 60/40. Carried it in a sling for over 30 days while they practiced on a couple of cadaver shoulders and then had some screws made to pull the pieces back together. My labrum was torn from 2 to 10 o’clock. It probably dislocated 3-4 times a day in those 30 some odd days. It was excruciating pain. Brought tears and retching several times, and I’m pretty tough.  All the other soft tissue was fine, but they had to take everything loose to fix the socket bone and then reattach. 6 months before he would let me even crawl back on a horse and 8 months before I could compete again. That rehab was the absolute worst. All that was 10 years ago this past July/August. It’s time for it to be replaced but because of the rehab of the injury I’ll never have it replaced unless it tries to fall off. Pain alone won’t cause me to replace it. It will have to become non-functioning. My surgeon told me shoulders were the worst, more than even necks or backs. I’d prefer to never know for sure because of personal experience.</blockquote>