I went to my orthopedist yesterday to have him check out my separated shoulder that happened 2 weeks ago while snowboarding. Much to my surprise the doc said I was doing fine and cleared me for snowboarding. He did say that I could re-aggravate it but he didn't think it was likely that I could cause any further damage (i.e. going from a 2nd to 3rd degree separation). He said the pain will be there for a while but he felt the shoulder was structurally sound. He said if I could do a pushup then I could go snowboarding. While pushups are painful, I can do them so I guess that means I'm good to go. And just in time because we are going to get dumped on tonight.
I use the University of Illinois 36 hour weather model when I want a forecast. They are pretty much the best of the best and they update the model twice a day (7am & 7pm Central). It looks like it will be fairly mild until about 11pm and that's when things get interesting with the peak snowfall coming from 2-6 am. However, it will have pretty well blown over by 10am Sunday morning. In total, from 11pm to 11am we're looking at 12"-13" of snow.
See you on the slopes...
UPDATE: Latest model run shows the storm getting to Fort Wayne a little later than expected and probably more freezing rain so that precipitation won't turn into snow. It's hard to predict when it's on the edge of freezing rain/snow but it will be down around 9"-10" would be my guess...
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I had a major shoulder separation (on a scale of 1 to 5 it would have been a 5) once and had a screw put in and got it fixed. The doctor was Paul Rezcel who occasionally posts comments on FWO and other places. Anyway, he said that some of the other doctors (or maybe one) had a philosophy of just letting it go whereas he liked to fix things. I am personally glad I got it fixed.
Ouch. A 5th degree separation is major - much, much worse than mine. How's the shoulder working now?
Just fine... good as new and it never aches. That was several years ago. I guess if it feels ok in a few weeks then I guess you're alright. But I just remember what Paul said about the don't-fix-it-philosophy of the other practitioner.
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