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What exercises should I avoid 1 month after shoulder dislocation?

I dislocated my shoulder 1 month ago. What exercises should I avoid 1 month after shoulder dislocation?

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Bench press, military press, inclined press. You should see an orthopedic surgeon & Physical Therapist for shoulder stabilization exercises after a shoulder dislocation.
The position you want to avoid is with your elbow out to the side to 90° and your arm directly overhead like your signaling A touchdown. After a dislocation, I encourage my patience to really work on posture and shoulder blade or scapular strengthening exercises. This includes seated rows, lat pulldowns and shoulder shrugs all working on important posture. I encourage them to work on their rotator cuff by pulling the band in To their belly and pulling the band out with their elbow direct at their side. I tell them to avoid overhead press and To avoid wide dumbbell flies and bench press with a wide grip.
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At this point, 4 weeks after the injury, it is safe to add strengthening exercises to heal the injured shoulder. Large movements such as burpees, pull-ups, hand stands and hand stand presses, in addition to heavy kettle bell swings should be avoided. And it may go without saying, avoided the contact and/or collision sport that caused the injury to begin should still be avoided.
I would avoid strengthening exercises with heavy weights.

Also consider retightening up the shoulder ligaments using a prolotherapy technique with either PRP or stem cells.

If not another dislocation is highly likely.