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I've dislocated my shoulder twice. The first time they gave me strong opiates and then put it back in. It was painless.

The second time the doctor said pain killers would be dangerous and insisted I have absolutely no pain killers in my system before reseting it.

His description of it feeling like medieval torture is apt.

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I've dislocated my shoulder once and it was reset without any pain killers.

While the method indeed is quite similar to medieval torture, it was certainly not the worst pain I experienced that day.

Although I might have been lucky that the doctor worked in a ski resort and was very skilled in "the art of resetting shoulders".

My first one with the opiates was at a ski resort too! First run of the day, dislocated on the bunny run. Ironically, it relocated itself when I stood up, so I was like, "oh hey it's ok!". Then I started doing arm circles to prove it was ok, and that's when it got stuck out. :(

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