My AC Seperation - (Football injury)

by Casey McDonald
(Purcellvile VA)

My name is Casey McDonald and i separated my AC about 22 days ago on the 6th. I separated my shoulder in football and I had a Grade 1 or 2 my doctor said... the past four days I've been doing practice in top pads but its still sore not as bad but still not quite there.

I've been icing it 5-6 times a day, heating it, getting stem treatment, and seeing a therapist. Our first game is next week on Friday... I've been going day by day and it seems its getting better but i don't know if I should risk coming back early.

This is just my senior year and i wanna come back so bad and not miss any games. What do u think I should do? I'm gonna basically just see how it goes next week and hopefully It'll be good if i just tape it before hand and continue my routine.

If you could please e-mail me your opinion I'd appreciate it...
Vikings5CMac@yahoo.com

Thank You,
Casey

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My AC Seperation - (Football injury)

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Sep 04, 2008
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Just keep progressing
by: Bart - SII

You already stated the best treatment plan - to keep doing what you are doing and see how you progress. Working on range of motion, reducing pain, and improving strength are what you should be doing. You may also want to consider a pad over the AC joint once you do return to playing, as it will help with the contact from football.

Remember that the season is long, and it is better to miss one or two games early on than to go back too soon and suffer a re-injury and miss 3 or 4 in the middle of the season.

Bart

Oct 17, 2009
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my son in same situation
by: mrs sunde

my son has a ac grade 2 separation he has missed 2 weeks his coaches have been treating him like he has let the whole program down. while on the sidelines of probably their worst game he was talking to a player to help him do something a better way one the coaches said that he was not to talk to his players if he was not a player. i can not believe in the lack of concern by a coach. you must take care of yourself first this is a serious injury that at the very least you should have a brace and take the recovery necessary to be completely healed. you could end up with a frozen shoulder. please research this. future problems could be limited mobility.