[Paddlewise] dislocated shoulder remedy

At 05:33 PM 12-06-05, you wrote:
>Can anyone comment on the validity of this method?  If this really
>works, this seems like a very worthwhile piece of information for
>touring kayakers.


i think this is one of those "when all you have is a hammer, everything 
looks like a nail" things.  the shoulder (scapula) sits around & among 
several bones and can indeed get dislocated, but without knowing which 
bones, tendons, and ligaments are involved, the remedy could cause 
immensely more trouble.

here is a nerdly little URL to explain the types of dislocations.

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=171&topcategory=Shoulder

i do ultrasound in a hospital, so most of my practice is not 
musculoskeletal, but visceral- - -but still, as a medical professional, 
considering the possible varieties of dislocation, this sounds like big 
trouble to me.

not that i'm intrepid of a kayaker to GET a shoulder dislocation (most 
likely), but if i were and did, i'd bind the shoulder to my side and get 
the hell back to civilization. obviously if you are by yourself in the 
wilderness this isn't gonna work. . . but the remedy mentioned has only a 
33% chance or thereabouts of working, either.

just my 2 cents.


Kathleen Comalli Dillon, BA, RDMS
Novato, CA 
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