Distal Clavicle Osteolysis

[F4iGuy]

I visited an orthopedist and he diagnosed me with distal clavicle osteolysis (weightlifters shoulder). Basically me clavicle bone has arthritis, instead of being nice and smooth its jagged. He advised that this is the result of my weightlifting. It usually occurs to people when they're about 60... I'm 31. I have no doubt this is the result of heavy benching and shoulder presses. The ortho gave me three options.
1. Live with it.
2. Cortisone.
3. Surgery (mumford procedure).

He seriously suggested option 1 due to my age. He said recalcification of the bone is a possibility but could take up to a year. I'm praying for that to occur. I don't give a shit about pain so I'm skipping the cortisone. From my research it seems cortisone does nothing to help the bone heal. Is there anything I can take to help this clavicle regrow itself? Calcium? D3? GROWTH? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I miss benching.

[Ronnie Rowland]

I visited an orthopedist and he diagnosed me with distal clavicle osteolysis (weightlifters shoulder). Basically me clavicle bone has arthritis, instead of being nice and smooth its jagged. He advised that this is the result of my weightlifting. It usually occurs to people when they're about 60... I'm 31. I have no doubt this is the result of heavy benching and shoulder presses. The ortho gave me three options.
1. Live with it.
2. Cortisone.
3. Surgery (mumford procedure).

He seriously suggested option 1 due to my age. He said recalcification of the bone is a possibility but could take up to a year. I'm praying for that to occur. I don't give a shit about pain so I'm skipping the cortisone. From my research it seems cortisone does nothing to help the bone heal. Is there anything I can take to help this clavicle regrow itself? Calcium? D3? GROWTH? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I miss benching.

I would stop all forms of heavy benching and shoulder presses and do declines and chest press cables for chest and lateral raises with cables for shoulders. Keep reps high (12-15) and dont over do volume.

Get some citracal maximum calcimum pills and all steroids and growth hormone helps bone heal.

[lovbyts]

sounds exactly like mine but I'm 49. I have been doing basically as Ronnie said for almost exactly a year but I'm scheduling surgery this week. It's a LOT better than it was a year ago and even better than 2 months ago but I know if I dont get it fixed it wont be 100% in another year or even 2. I wish I had opted for #3 a year ago, it would all be in the past now.

I have tried most everything you can think of to fix it and quite a few you have not though of I'm sure.
I have done 2 cortisone injections, Physical Therapy, A.R.T therapy, Deep tissue massage, LOTS of stretching, Ice, Contrast therapy, ultra sonic therapy, electronic muscle stimulation.
Supplements: Basic multi vit, fish oil, MSN, Glucosimine, HA, Super Cissus among others I'm forgetting
TRT, Deca , (low dose) Alflutops.