This is my right shoulder. I fell 20’+ in the X-Games super pipe 12(13) years ago. Landed mostly on my shoulder, but my head took a hit too, knocking me out for a moment. As I understood it from two doctors back then, there are(were) 6 degrees of separation and I was diagnosed as having a 3rd degree separation of the ligaments connecting my clavicle to my scapula. Surgery was required If I happened to be a model or if I had problems with say to day life. I was told surgery was pretty much mandatory for anything over a 3rd degree. I went without surgery, as I am not a model and mostly get along just fine. I can no longer throw far, but that’s okay. I also can’t sleep on my right side and have to use small pillows to prop things up or I can wake up with severe burning of nerves that are bound up in internal scar tissue. My arm hangs about a 1/2” lower than my left arm. I did go skiing two months after the accident against my doctors wishes, but needed to get back in the saddle. The next season I skied the halfpipe in Mammoth to get back into that saddle, but that was my last halfpipe run. I still ski and am active, my shoulder will take hits from falls and I do end up sore for a few days, but it’s a part of my life now.
This is how it looks when twisting/contorting it.
This is when it’s hanging relaxed by my side.
