Skydivingmanda

Indeed the DZ will be my playground for a while :) things could be been worse!

Thank you for your response ! I plan on taking it easy and I guess , to my disappointment, it's better to take another year off and heal well rather than come back too soon and ruin it for the rest of my life...what is another year in the grand scheme of things right? Glad it all went well for you :)

Thank you! I have been wearing that brace for 6 weeks now and have not used my arm as prescribed..I start PT this week and plan on following advice to a T . Thank you from the encouraging words !

Hi everyone! I'm new here so bare with me if this isn't in the right forum :) I'm looking to see how many people have had shoulder injuries that resulted in surgery and that were able to jump again . Unfortunately during my last free fall my shoulder dislocated ( first time it ever happened ) . Between that force, the brutal chute opening and then trying to place it back ( I managed 3 times but it kept popping back out ) , it did some considerable damage . I know the recovery is long... I'm still wearing the brace until tomorrow. Surgery was for a bankart and slap repair. No sports until may ... I plan on getting a shoulder sleeve and giving it a try in the wind tunnel first and probably another tandem jump before ever jumping alone again...if any issues occur at these points then I obviously won't do it next summer.. But I just wanted to hear your stories...your experiences and even your opinions :) Thank you people !