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I had a putti plat repair in 1991 after about a dozen dislocations. This is my tale of woe. It all started with the usual sports: cricket, football, badminton, squash & the joint eventually became so weak, I was persuaded to have the op.



I woke up in hospital pretty sore, but was discharged after a couple of days. There was concern that my temperature hadn't stabilised but I was basically ok so they let me go. Well, after four days of agony, I found myself back in, whereupon I had a teaspoon of fluid drained from the joint & then spent the next six weeks on my back with a drip feeding directly into the artery above my heart. I lost four stones, couldn't climb the stairs without losing breath & had to take abtibiotics for six months. The outcome? I have subsequently dislocated my shoulder seven or eight times since then, most recently snowboarding in France last December. However, I haven't let it stop me from sailing for two reasons.



First, I believe I can live with what is an inevitable event for me & secondly, I've done it so many times, that I have found the best technique for reducing the dislocation. Now, any doctors on this board will wince at this, but each time I dislocate, the quickest least damaging method I have found is to stand up (if not on a board!), bend over and stand on the fingers of the affected arm. Stand up slightly, exerting a pulling pressure on the joint (nice and slowly obviously) and you will feel the shoulder pop back in with immense relief and an ebbing away of the (not insignificant) pain. S'not medical I know, but it works for me.
 
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Jesus wept!



 
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I know you W/Surfers are hard men but I mean........



This tale made me wince!

 
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Ouch.

 
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My op was actually different to putty plat. It is apparently a new technique which has a higher success rate than putty plat. Ask your doctor about Bankhart repair and capsular shift which is what I had. Mind you I am not endorsing it as yet, being only in the early stages of recovery. I'll try to remember your rather extreme method of relocating if I ever need to!
 
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I've heard of the Bankhart repair & infact it's been recommended to me, however, I'm not all that keen to go under the kernife again as you'll understand. I've also found out that Putti-Platt (named after the two surgeons who championed it) is not all that successful & has a fairly high failure rate as well as being excessively restrictive on exterior rotation - the ability to rotate your arms outwards when your elbows are placed by the side of your body.



In addition, research suggests that a significant number of putti platt patients present with arthritis in the shoulder around fifteen years after the operation. Oh joy, three years to go then! Still, on the bright side, I've never found a problem with my shoulder and windsurfing, since the majority of the forces involved are supported through the hips via the harness & when hanging off the boom for example when sailing upwind, the stance doesn't encourage the twisting motion in the shoulder that typically induces dislocation. Having said all that, I can't duck gybe, or spock so who knows the real risks for expert sailors? Not me, newbie pond pu**y that I am.
 
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