How to treat shoulder injury?

Shoulder Injury lacrosse game after hit?

• Hi everyone, the other day i was in a lacrosse game and i got a few big hits but my shoulde started hurting after the second one. On the third my shoulder went numb and i had to walk off the field. the schools trainer said it was the clavical but the actual shoulder, he said it was a pinched nerve or something with the nerve for sure. Where i got hit and hurt theres a scratch where the opponents facemask hit me. It hurts and it feels like it is "falling out" the back and beneath of my shoulder. there are many bruises and its swollen still. I iced it for 48 hours after and i took aleve for the swelling. but today when i when swimming its like theres so much scar tissue in my shoulder i couldnt swim right. also i cant do pushups or let alone even push up with my shoulder when lying on the floor to get up. Im afraid my shoulder wont heal for football and when i got home the other day i put lacrosse pads on to figure out why this even happend and the pads cover the top (clavical) not the shoulder and the right of it; where most of the pain is at. I guess the question would be is there anything i can do to help heal or things not to do? i weightlift and workout alot, would jumping rope and the limited rotation of my shoulder be ok?

• Answer:

  What your shoulder needs is rest! Stop trying to do those things, you're only stressing already injured tissue. Give it at least three days rest and if you've got a sling use it. I don't know that your shoulder needs that support, but it will remind you not to use it. Nothing heals if it's subjected to continuous use following an injury.