Shoulder Update

A lot of you have contacted me asking about the progress of my shoulder, if you’re not one of them you can stop reading now as this post is just about my shoulder.

I suffered a level 3 AC separation of my right shoulder (see pictures below from the “slopeside ER”) on February 8th and was told the injury is one of “3s”. Specifically, 3 days before the pain becomes tolerable, 3 weeks before I can start to use that arm, and 3 months before I return to any sense of normalcy. Well, I’m happy to report that I’m ahead of schedule. I went to physical therapy for a few weeks until they “released me” to proceed on my own with the exercises they gave me to do at home. The swelling has completely gone down now such that my clavicle is significantly more pronounced, but I’m able to work through the shoulder exercises daily and have even begun to swim again (albeit, MUCH shorter distances and at a MUCH slower pace). My goal is to be back on my surfboard in time for the warmer water this summer. Until then, aloha.