Sternoclavicular Joint Injury

[Eddzzz]

Hi Agnes,

The lump is still there and the right SC joint is slightly higher and more pronounced than the left (it could have always been like this though, who knows). I still have slight pain ever now and again. Bench press doesnt hurt at all (1.5% Bodyweight) and neither does swimming (competitive level).

As for what I did - rest was a biggy, i had around 3 months break from the gym/ swimming. I don't have any instability in the joint (as far as I can tell) and I've accepted this is the best it's going to be (pretty close to 100% for most things). Every now and again it flares up (feels like inflammation within the SC joint) and there is some mild pain coming from the area (2/10 on pain scale). I haven't been able to isolate it to a particular movement, but sitting at a chair without chair arms triggers it sometimes (sounds odd I know).

I hope you have a quick recovery - I read a lot of scientific journals so if you want to discuss further I wouldn't mind!

I don't ever recall my shoulder becoming loose. What did your doctors say?

[AgnesBird]

Thank you for your answer.
Doctors don't associate my loose shoulder with the lump and pain around SC joint unfortunately. Although I can tell it wasn't like that before. I mean the shoulder was never as loose. I am 'clicking' person but this one is different. After reading plenty of articles I know that a failure in one of the joints which belongs to the whole shoulder group does impact the rest. So if you have problem in SC joint or AC joint it will impact the other one and generally it can impact the whole shoulder. Chiropractic says I should carry on with swimming, with my stabilising exercises but osteopath on the contrary says it's better to wait. He told me 2 weeks but I already had 3 weeks break and it did't help at all.
GP told me that I can't get any referral to a specialist since I don't need any operation Maybe I should for private visit with orthopedics?


I am amateur swimmer (up to 2.5km twice a week) and I can give it up for some time but it helps me with different problem and don't want to wait too long.
I additionally work quite hard physically at work so don't know if giving up exercises but carrying on with my physical work makes any sense.