#joint dislocations

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There are many less painful and more sanitary ways to close a wound than stitches

The stitches look nice, I guess (if not particularly medically accurate)? Honestly not sure how he did them from that angle

Is that wine? Wine maxes out at about 13% alcohol, so not only is it not sanitizing anything (you need something up around 60-70% for sanitizing) but with Dean's tolerance it's probably not helping with pain much.

That being said, alcohol as a muscle relaxer would help move the joint back into place.

It's an anterior dislocation, so it's less likely that Dean broke anything when his shoulder dislocated

You can't pop a joint back into place this way. It would take literal superhuman strength

Like, GP can't really do much, it's not serious enough for A&E, and urgent care historically also has no idea, so I usually just wait for the joint to get better??

But I'm in a lot of pain, I can find next to no information on partial dislocations of the fibula head. The nerve is being impinged or something because I have pins and needles down to my ankle.

This sounds similar to what I experience so braces likely would help. 

Personally, I prefer lace-up ankle braces because they allow me to better fit the braces to my ankles (which can be tough because I have big feet and big calves but super narrow ankles). 

The specific ankle braces I use are Shock Doctor brand and I got them at a sporting goods store. This is a link to them on Amazon. They’ve held up well and definitely help reduce ankle pain for me as well as reducing knee and hip pain. 

I personally don’t like braces that just have velcro straps as I’ve found that they tend to come undone easily and don’t provide enough support for me. 

Sports are a great way to stay in shape and enjoy time with friends. Living an active lifestyle has many health benefits and keeps your body looking young. However, with any activity, you can injure yourself if you're not careful. These injuries can keep you on the sidelines for weeks or months and can cause a lot of unnecessary pain.

What does sports medicine involve?

Sports medicine is a type of practice that deals with injuries sustained during sports or any type of physical activity. And you don't have to be a professional athlete to need a sports medicine specialist.

This type of medicine targets injuries that occur anywhere in your musculoskeletal system. These injuries can range from mild to severe and can affect bones, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. Examples of these types of injuries include:

Joint dislocations

Ligament sprains or sprains.

Muscle injuries

Tendinitis

Broken bones

Meniscus tears

Rotator cuff injuries

If you have suffered any of these injuries, our sports medicine team performs a thorough physical evaluation to determine the extent of your injury. Along with an evaluation, our doctors may also recommend that imaging procedures are needed to see the extent of the injury. This can include:

Bone scan

Magnetic resonance

Ultrasound

Computed tomography

Sports medicine does not only focus on acute injuries derived from physical activity. Our physicians also specialize in overuse or repetitive motion sports injuries. Injuries like this occur from sports like tennis or dancing.

Sports medicine can also help prevent injuries

You may think that sports medicine only focuses on treating injuries, however that is not entirely true. This type of practice also focuses on injury prevention. This generally involves a multidisciplinary team that includes our physicians along with:

Athletic trainers

Nutritionists

Sports psychologists

Physiotherapists