Question - Shoulder injury and manual
04-25-2018, 02:59 PM
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Question - Shoulder injury and manual
This question goes to all of you that have suffered a shoulder injury / frozen shoulder. Were you able to ever shift normally after recovery? Did you have to swap to an auto because of the injury?
04-25-2018, 03:33 PM
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Which shoulder and how bad? Broke my left shoulder in 2001. Drive a GT4 now, no problem. But for a few years until a second surgery and total shoulder, couldn't reach forward with left hand to grab the wheel. Would have opted for PDK back then.
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04-25-2018, 03:58 PM
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Right shoulder. Currently unable to even lift my arm past the halfway mark. Thanks for the feedback!
05-02-2018, 01:00 AM
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Had a 80% detachment of labrum and tear of torn rotator cuff surgically repaired (right shoulder), to include 3 screws holding it all down. That was after the fractured forearm healed, they wanted that to happen first. Couldn't drive the manual for quite a while, but no issues now. It did limit my ability to reach behind me, sometimes have difficulty grabbing for stuff in the rear seats.
05-02-2018, 03:52 PM
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I had a separated right shoulder. Seemingly mild compared to others, but they doc did tell me to stop driving a manual while it healed. Healing meaning: don't move your arm for a month and go through physical therapy afterward. It probably took a good year before all the pain in my shoulder went away, but I was back to driving a manual transmission within a couple months. No issues now (10 years later).
05-06-2018, 09:30 AM
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Shoulder problems vary quite a bit. However, with proper treatment and time (over 6 months in many cases) you should be able to drive a manual again. However, driving it while you are healing if it's causing you pain could be delaying your recovery.
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05-06-2018, 09:39 AM
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Partially agree here. Vast majority of patients with true frozen shoulder (aka adhesive capsulitis) will regain most/all ROM with proper therapy and a home stretching program. As I tell all my patients, most will get better, but it won't happen in a day, a week or even a month. Many will start seeing some improvement in 6-8 weeks, but the full recovery process can take 6-12 months. As for driving, I don't think that will necessarily delay your recovery. You need to move/stretch the shoulder as often as possible. If driving accomplishes that to some degree, I don't see a problem with it. Now if you're so impaired as to affect your ability to safely drive a car....that's a different story.