When will my shoulder heal?!?!

[Jbleezyj]

ARGHHhghgh. I sprained my shoulder on 4/27/08 very badly. I thought I broke my collar bone or something since it felt that bad. I went to the doctor and the told my I tore my ligament. They gave me Vicodin and Ibuprofen to deal with the pain.

At first I wasn't able to lift my hand above my head. Now I got almost all mobility back. I still can't lift it up all the way straight armed above my head but I learned to deal with it. I hear that the healing of a sprained shoulder could take up to 4-6 weeks.. almost up to a year to heal for more serious sprains. I really hope mine doesn't take that long to heal.

Anyways I want to start exercising and working out again since I haven't lately due to my shoulder. I was wondering what kind of exercises I could possibly do with my sprained shoulder that wouldn't slow the healing process down or make it worse. I want to work on my arms and upper body. I hope that isn't out of the question.

Anyone here ever had a sprained shoulder? Any tips on speeding up the healing process? How long did it take your sprains to heal? I think a problem I have is that I always sleep on my shoulder unintentionally. I wake up the next morning in pain sometimes. So that may be one cause of the slow healing 0_o.
Yehh.. Any tips or advice and exercises would help!

[anachronistic]

you could try doing windmills with your arm. any simple exercise that you are able to do... no weights.

no idea when it will heal. but probably a month or two before you can start lightweight training again.

[Illusional]

umm... if you torn your ligament it would take a lot longer than a few weeks to heal. the ligaments in your body are a lot stronger then your muscles. they are extremely dense because they connect bone matter to bone matter.

it's a good thing that you had seen your doctor, but is most cases, you might need surgery for these sorts of matter. better get a second opinion if i'm not mistaken. but then again, i never tore a ligament before.

raverboy