Shooting after a dislocated shoulder

Today I was running (for exercise) when an uneven area of the sidewalk caused me to trip and fall.
I hit the sidewalk hard, dislocating my right shoulder. The ER doctor put the bone back in place, and my
arm is in a sling. Thank goodness no fractured bones.

Not sure how long it takes for full healing. But next month one of my favorite air shows is held.
I plan on renting the Canon R5 to use with my 300 f2.8 IS II lens. Total weight should be 5 lbs
or a little more. I always shoot hand-held.

So, if you have experienced a dislocated shoulder, how did it affect your shooting?
I need to think about this. I can't wait too long to rent the R5, or it won't be available.

Comments?

Firstly Frank, hope you recover well and quickly.
I have no experience of such (thank goodness) and you prefer handheld, but I feel a tripod with gimbal may be the most practical solution. Hope you enjoy the air show, I need to be getting to one soon, unfortunately in my location, that would mean international travel which isn’t easy at these present times.

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #19264275
Today I was running (for exercise) when an uneven area of the sidewalk caused me to trip and fall.
I hit the sidewalk hard, dislocating my right shoulder. The ER doctor put the bone back in place, and my
arm is in a sling. Thank goodness no fractured bones.

Not sure how long it takes for full healing. But next month one of my favorite air shows is held.
I plan on renting the Canon R5 to use with my 300 f2.8 IS II lens. Total weight should be 5 lbs
or a little more. I always shoot hand-held.

So, if you have experienced a dislocated shoulder, how did it affect your shooting?
I need to think about this. I can't wait too long to rent the R5, or it won't be available.

Comments?

Depends a lot on your age, conditioning, I have dislocated my shoulders more times than anyone would believe, after a month I would usually be just fine as far as using my arm, might be a little stiff. I believe my doctor told me to take it easy for six weeks the first time my shoulder came out, I am pretty good at putting mine back in now.

I took up weight lifting at my doctors suggestion to tighten up my joints, ended up with quite a few hernias and gave that up.

GibJock wrote in post #19264283
Firstly Frank, hope you recover well and quickly.
I have no experience of such (thank goodness) and you prefer handheld, but I feel a tripod with gimbal may be the most practical solution. Hope you enjoy the air show, I need to be getting to one soon, unfortunately in my location, that would mean international travel which isn’t easy at these present times.

Thanks for the kind words.

Canonuser123 wrote in post #19264307
Depends a lot on your age, conditioning, I have dislocated my shoulders more times than anyone would believe, after a month I would usually be just fine as far as using my arm, might be a little stiff. I believe my doctor told me to take it easy for six weeks the first time my shoulder came out, I am pretty good at putting mine back in now.

I took up weight lifting at my doctors suggestion to tighten up my joints, ended up with quite a few hernias and gave that up.

I have heard about people putting their shoulder/arm back in place. Wow, that must take some courage.
I'm curious, what is it that causes dislocation for you?

I'm visiting an orthopaedic specialist tomorrow. I'll see what he says. If the healing process is long I may skip the air show next month.

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #19264511
I have heard about people putting their shoulder/arm back in place. Wow, that must take some courage.
I'm curious, what is it that causes dislocation for you?

I'm visiting an orthopaedic specialist tomorrow. I'll see what he says. If the healing process is long I may skip the air show next month.

I have an extremely rare medical condition that makes dislocations pretty common, I dislocated my elbow when I was about 10 years old and it took the doctor two hours to get it back in place.
For me I can grab my wrist and rotate my arm back and forth and my shoulder will pop back in place, a doctor told me I should have an X-ray after to make sure nothing got pinched, so far I have been lucky and have not had any issues other than it hurts for awhile.

I don't know if I will make it to an Air Show this year, I went to a motorcycle race in April and could only handle about an hour before my back was screaming in pain.