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Over a decade ago, I dislocated my shoulder. Hospital trip to get it shoved back in and walking around for a week with my arm in a sling. Since then, once or twice a year, I'll over-extend too quickly and it'll pop back out. The wince of pain is usually enough for the muscles to spasm and pull everything back together, leaving me with a couple days of bruised muscle.

Fast forward to present day, I started eating Paleo/Primal/PHD back in mid-January. Been getting my vitamin D and my vitamin K2, my magnesium, and my leafy greens. And I finally took the plunge and signed up for some fitness classes (yes, strength and conditioning, not cardio).

Anyways, class starts off with some warmup calisthenics including jumping jacks. Jump. Jump. Pop. Wince. Ow. Hmm, maybe it was just a fluke? Jump. Jump. Pop. Ow. Okay, not a fluke. (Rest of the class went just fine ... other than pointing out how generally out-of-shape I am.)

So, does anybody have any tips, tricks, pointers, guides, foods, or exercises I should be doing to strengthen up that shoulder (a decade after the fact)?

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Kettlebells have fixed more shoulders than doctors. No joke. Builds flexibility and STRENGTH while pulling the shoulder deeply and tightly into the socket. Ditch the rubber bands.

Clean and Press Turkish Getup

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+1 Aye kettlebells have helped my shoulders immensely as well as my posture and overall core strength. – Josh M Apr 2 2012 at 14:14
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It's important to get advice on this one--you can do amazing stuff with muscle tone but joint tissues are more complex. They just get worse and worse with repetitive motion.

I tried aerobics with wobbly shoulders (congenital) and took less than 18 months to need shrink-surgery for my joint capsule. I was told I couldn't do anything, but I've found I can challenge my muscles as long as I keep my shoulder joints in one position--no arm swinging,ever. My hips are wobbly as well but fortunately walking/cycling are okay because my knees stay fairly close together.

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Eating some gelatin probably can't hurt. Give your body some raw materials to heal itself with.

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